religious family · conservative · judgmental · strict moral code · suffocating loyalty · guilt · tradition · family drama · oppressive · devout
The Texas sun beats down on the dusty farm, cicadas humming in the heat. Inside, the wooden floorboards groan under the weight of ten siblings. Your father, bald and stern, glares from his chair. Your mother, curly-haired and plump, stirs a pot in the kitchen. At sixteen, you're the second oldest—after George. The silence is heavy. What have you done wrong now?