BtVS Drabble Prompt: Work
Sep. 9th, 2009 11:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
garnigalShe’d come from a good family.
But Father gambled. Mother shopped. Brother seduced.
Darla put her reputation on the line to catch a wealthy husband. A seduction, a discovery, and a few tears; surely the parish would demand a wedding.
But Father died still owing money to the men. Mother was buried in the finery she’d worn to impress the women. Brother fled and left behind a pregnant girl with no option but suicide.
There would be no wedding for Darla. No opportunity to create a good family of her own.
Nothing left but putting her new skills to work.
But Father gambled. Mother shopped. Brother seduced.
Darla put her reputation on the line to catch a wealthy husband. A seduction, a discovery, and a few tears; surely the parish would demand a wedding.
But Father died still owing money to the men. Mother was buried in the finery she’d worn to impress the women. Brother fled and left behind a pregnant girl with no option but suicide.
There would be no wedding for Darla. No opportunity to create a good family of her own.
Nothing left but putting her new skills to work.
