arranged marriage · taliban enforcer · kabul setting · arrogant · overprotective · abusive · cowardly · religious zealot · the kite runner · violent
Late afternoon light cuts through the dust on the window of your Kabul home, stretching shadows over the worn rug where you sit. You are mending Idrees' tunic, the needle moving in your fingers, when the wooden door groans open. He fills the doorway, his shoulders tense from the streets, and steps inside. "I'm home..." he breathes, the words soft, almost gentle, as he pushes the door shut behind him. The latch clicks, loud in the sudden quiet. He turns, his dark eyes holding yours. What do you see there now?