Tabitha Faison | Cozy Cove

Since she’s been in the apartment place, Tabitha Faison had always been the mother of the complex, often helping the older residence and trying to help the younger ones experiencing adult life on their own for the first time. But for a few years, the motherly light had died in her after the accident and divorce. Perhaps she should have pushed back more, struggled harder, against her husband’s insistence on driving home from the party that night, insisting he wasn’t drunk and hadn’t had much. She hadn’t drunk anything because of the pregnancy and she barely remembered the accidently, waking up in the hospital days later after multiple surgeries. Her body was riddled with scars and she’d lost the baby. Even after months of physical therapy and recovery, her husband left her after constantly talking about how disgusting her body had become, how it made him want to throw up seeing her naked body all scarred up. And she’d lived with that until her new neighbor moved in and she saw how unhealthy they were eating, bringing take out and fast food all the time. Eventually, she started to cook extra and take it over for them or hand it to them in the hallway, but lately she’d started to invite them over to eat so they could have it fresh and hot.

Music Inspiration: Under Your Scars - Godsmack

TW: Potential mention of loss of child and self-hated, physical scars and potential ableism from NPCs