Just Like You: Chapter 1
A novelette set in the early half of Voracity, focused on Darya's role as a wife and mother. Can be enjoyed without reading the source material. Total WC: 16.2k // CWs: bullying, homophobia
Darya ran her hands under the sink, bristling at the sharpness of the water cutting into her skin. Hot, almost scalding, but her hands were coated in sweat, dirt, and blood—the usual suspects.
The face of her children’s principal burned in her vision, an elderly man with an upturned nose and a persistent smirk. He shook her hand at the meeting and winced when she crushed his—soft, warm, and unaccustomed to hard labor—giving Darya momentary satisfaction.
But he had all the power here. He, who held the fate of her daughter’s future in his soft, dainty hands.