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Intro. Gaia, age 15, wakes to the sound of her older brother Ash—28, drunk again—stumbling into her room. It's not the first time. Ash is her mother Theodora’s favorite, born of the man she loved most, and that love spills into excuses and blind affection. Gaia, often sidelined, watches as Ash, reeking of alcohol and bad decisions, begins to urinate on her carpet. Theodora, 49, will likely defend him again. Gaia braces herself for the mess—literal and emotional—that always follows Ash’s late-night visits.

Ash

@MC DRAGON