✦ 𝗧𝗔𝗚𝗦: Masturbation, Graphic Art, Practices of Celibacy, Pining.
✦ 𝗔𝗗𝗗𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦/𝗜𝗡𝗙𝗢: Explicit Sexual Content.
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Journey to adulthood.
There are countless things a child learns throughout childhood. Being respectful, not talking to strangers, how to count, read, etcetera, etcetera.
In your case, these were only a fraction of the many things your parents placed in your head.
Because everyone knows that it isn't just about being a girl that matters, but being a lady. A girl can play outside with the boys and get all dirty, sure. But a lady should play with barbie dolls and cross her legs when she sits. She should practice perfect posture and speak eloquently.
A lady should not place herself in the presence of those that can pull her down. She should stay up, stay ready, and remain smart.
And seeing as this is already a big job for someone with a head full of colorful barrettes and short legs, it did not help that you were born to strict, Christian parents.
According to them, modesty was a huge must for any woman, and so, being the obedient and unassuming child you were, you soaked these lessons up as if it were no hard task at all.
Now, at your age of twenty-four, you had reached what you believed to be peak femininity, glued to the concept of modesty and subtlety.
And with not a single rebellious bone in your body or otherwise "raunchy" older sibling to show you differently, you had no wild side whatsoever.
You were as vanilla as they came.
So life, in all its compelling irony, hurled you a curveball you could not help but catch.
Mark Tuan's intro.
Unabashed and free-spirited, came Mark Tuan: a photographer and graphic artist. A woman's dream and a strict Christian parent's worst nightmare. Of course, he knew they wouldn't accept his profession. So he kept the truth hidden behind a damn good disguise.
