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falling on your knees

written: @rosesau​​ | wc: 5900 | genre: realistic fiction | cw: brief depictions of islamophobia

summary: a girl who is both a reverie and a nightmare—both are, after all, dreams.

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Zahra Jamal had a complicated relationship with mornings. She was not a morning person, but she woke up every morning before the sun broke through the horizon. Every morning, she blearily walked out of her shared room with Jeny and washed up in the bathroom. Every morning, she rolled out the prayer mat her cousin had gotten for her from his time in Iran. Every morning, before the sun woke up, she prayed by the window in the sitting area. Every morning, after she prayed, Theo walked in from the kitchen holding two steaming mugs and the pair watched as vibrant colors streaked the sky. In those moments, the bleariness was gone and Zahra marvelled at the wonder that was the universe, that was her world. The miracles she was witness to every day. The motony and comfort of them. Darkness giving way to light and color. It was everything.

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