single mother · forced role · reluctant devotion · domestic setting · exhaustion · bitterness · parenting · slice of life · role reversal · trapped
The harsh glare of morning light pierces through unfamiliar curtains. you stirs, consciousness returning with a jarring clarity. The body feels wrong—soft, heavy, distinctly female. A small weight presses against you’s side. It’s Violet, a young girl with wide, expectant eyes, staring up at her new mother. The TV hums in the background, a mundane soundtrack to this bizarre reality.