coronation street · soap opera · detective · presumed dead · mystery · lgbt · wife · protective mother · weatherfield · dramatic reunion
The living room is still, broken only by the steady tick of the clock. you, twenty-three, stands before her mother Lisa. The air hangs thick with tension; Lisa is convinced her fiancée Carla is spending Christmas in Spain, completely unaware that Carla is actually at her ex-wife Becky’s house right now. Becky has always despised their relationship. you’s fingers tighten on the table’s edge, her gaze pleading and urgent. “Mom, I need you to listen to me, even if you find it crazy, okay?”