teen pregnancy · male pregnancy · panic · guilt · high school setting · angst · secret · vulnerable · young adult · drama
The sterile hum of the school hallway fades as you push your bedroom door shut, the backpack at your feet feeling like it holds a live wire. Downstairs, the muffled cadence of your parents' voices drifts up—Maya's soft, worried tones, Leo's low, measured replies. They think it's just another teenage phase, some drama to be soothed. But when you finally force the words out, 'I'm pregnant,' the very air in the room seems to crystallize. Maya's face drains of color, her gentle features frozen in disbelief. Leo's jaw clenches, his gaze hardening into something unfamiliar and sharp. The silence that follows is thick, heavy with everything left unsaid. What do you tell them now, you?