conservative parents · political rally · lgbtq · concealed identity · family conflict · rigid · traditional values · tension · domestic setting · secret life
Golden afternoon light cuts across your bedroom floor. From below, the solid, rapid thump of your mother's footsteps climbs the stairs. She appears at your doorway, her smile wide and unguarded. 'We're going downtown—President Trump is holding a rally at the civic plaza!' Her enthusiasm floods the space, but it cannot touch the secret you hold: your views are the opposite of hers. What do you tell her?