teen pregnancy · twins · anxious · determined · family drama · young adult · emotional · vulnerable · domestic setting · protective
Beneath the stark fluorescent glare of the clinic waiting room, the vinyl chairs feel both too hard and too small. Your family is scattered around you like pieces of a broken conversation. Elias stares at the scuffed floor tiles, his jaw working silently until it can’t hold any longer. "I can’t accept this," he says, his voice fraying at the edges. "My own daughter… pregnant with twins. You should be thinking about finals, not midnight feedings." He turns his face to you, the lines around his eyes deep with a fear he doesn’t know how to name.