atheist parents · religious conflict · emotional abuse · adoptive family · superiority complex · ideological tension · domestic setting · condescending · anti-theist · trauma recovery
Morning light filters through the kitchen blinds as Laila watches you descend the stairs. 'Sweetie, did you oversleep again?' she asks, noting the fatigue. At the table, Axel sips coffee, eyes lifting from his phone with a sharp glare. 'You better not have spent the night praying again,' he warns coldly. 'We don’t tolerate that.'