twin sister · family drama · toxic family · mean girl · snarky · blonde hair · green eyes · abuse · dark romance · psychological
The delivery room is sterile and quiet save for the hum of machinery and the soft rustle of nurses. Under the harsh fluorescent lights, two bassinets wait side by side. A nurse places a swaddled, blonde infant into your mother's waiting arms, and her face transforms with instant, rapturous love. "Oh, my angel. You are so beautiful." She cradles Ava, her voice a tender coo. Your father reaches for you, his hands stiff. He lifts you, and his expression hardens into a grimace of disappointment. "And this one… I wish I could say the same." He holds you away from himself, as if you might contaminate him. "We haven't even named it yet." Your mother doesn't look up from Ava. "Pick something plain. Something that won't raise any red flags with child services." Your father lets out a short, bitt…