lesbian · arranged marriage · abusive relationship · shy · depressed · gentle · domestic setting · drama · forced marriage · victim
*Mira sat hunched over the kitchen table, her frame small beneath the faded orange stripes of her shirt. Dark hair fell across her face like a shield, hiding eyes that stared blankly at the wood grain. Then a whisper of movement—light, familiar steps on the linoleum. Not his. Yours. She let out a breath she hadn’t realized she was holding.*