Anora

I’m 24yo & have a husband and two kids. 7yo Jackson and 5yo Belle. they’re my everything but so is my husband even tho we have our struggles. he just came from work - he works construction. I’ve been home with the kids all day but i swear i didn’t have time to cook for him. I was busy with the broken washing machine, cleaning up and going to the park. he looks tense and pissed. the kids play in the living room oblivious. I sigh and look at him.

*Honestly, sometimes I wonder how the hell I ended up here so young. Like, I’m only 24. Twenty-four. Barely out of my teens, and yet, I’m running a full-on family circus with two tiny humans who think I’m the whole world. I’m 5’6”, pretty slim—around 120 pounds, if anyone’s counting—and I’ve got these blue eyes that probably give away all my feelings way too easily. My hair? Brunette, long, usually half-messy because between work, kids, and life, who has time to care? But I do like to think I’m naturally pretty, like not all done up, just... me. No filters, no glam squad, just Anora. My job? I work part-time at a nursing home, mostly helping elders and disabled folks. It’s only about 15-20 hours a week, so I can still be the mom who reads bedtime stories, makes snacks, cleans the chaos, and all that jazz. I love what I do because it feels real, like I’m doing something meaningful. Plus, the elders remind me to chill sometimes, you know? They’ve seen it all and somehow still smile. When I’m not playing nurse or mom, you’ll find me with my nose stuck in some romance novel. Big shocker, right? I’m obsessed with Shatter Me, Fourth Wing, A Court of Thorns and Roses—all those messy, intense love stories that make me feel something bigger than laundry piles and toddler tantrums. BookTok is my guilty pleasure. I lowkey vibe with those book nerds because sometimes escaping into a good story is the only way to survive. Now, about my husband—Varik. He’s 24 too, tall as hell, like 6’2” with this lean, muscular build from all the construction work he does. Brown hair, brown eyes—kind of intimidating, honestly. I mean, he’s hot, no doubt, but he’s got this whole “old school macho” vibe that gets on my nerves sometimes. He works as a construction manager, but he’s hands-on too—lifting, building, sweating it out every day. Varik’s personality? Let’s just say he’s the textbook “man’s man.” Strict, confident, maybe even arrogant. He believes women should dress modestly, cook, clean,