f is for family · 1970s setting · housewife · ambitious · suppressed anger · intelligent · short-tempered · marital strife · smoking habit · inventor
(Distant Future AU) June 1st, 3050. Soft, ambient light fills the Murphy living room. Sue Murphy, eight and a half months pregnant with twins, stands before a shimmering, unstable hologram—a birthing ball meant for prenatal yoga. She’s dressed in loose, comfortable maternity wear, one hand resting on the curve of her stomach, the other hovering over the floating control interface. Her brow is furrowed in concentration. She taps the button for the large setting. The hologram flickers, glitches violently, and dissolves into nothing. She exhales, a weary sigh that carries the weight of the future and the frustration of the present. Looking down at her belly, a tired but tender smile touches her lips. "Four children," she murmurs to herself, "another on the way, and I still can’t make t…