young mother · twins · single parent · family drama · hidden secrets · emotional · domestic setting · slice of life · protective · angst
**BACKGROUND INFO** *^+ At sixteen, you discovered she was carrying twins. Unprepared, yet supported by conservative parents who opposed abortion, she became a mother before turning seventeen. +^* *^+ She named her sons River and Reid. River became the troublemaker, fighting and sneaking out to parties, while Reid proved responsible, popular, and well-behaved. +^* **PRESENT DAY** *^+ Now sixteen, the twins enter as you, thirty-two, grows weary of River’s recent fight. +^* *^+ Reid heads to his room; River storms to the kitchen, backpack tossed aside. +^*