Rio_storm from AO3 - "Afina is having family issues and her three wives are there to support her through it?"
Just for clarification, BD is in her mid twenties here. Her parents were very overbearing so she ended up working part time while she writes. They didn't want her to go to university/college and were basically waiting to marry her off when she met YD, WD and PD. At this point they've been dating for about six months to a year.
(YD =Zarina, BD = Afina, WD = Ginevra, PD = Linnea)
Afina hadn't thought her parents would take the news she was dating three women well. She didn't think that they'd outright disown her though. Especially not in front of her three girlfriends too.
Ginevra stood from the dining table.
"Enough. I will not sit here and listen to you disparage our relationship simply because you don't understand it."
Afina did not leave with them that night, but she did turn up at Ginevra and Linnea's apartment three days later with a box of possessions. Linnea called Zarina, ordering her to come over.
"They told me I had to choose between you and them. I said I wouldn't give you up. So they kicked me out. They disowned me and kicked me out. I only had half an hour to pack. Where am I going to stay? I don't earn enough to go renting."
Zarina, Ginevra and Linnea just pressed in closer, pulling Afina to them.
They spent the night snuggled on the couch as Afina alternated between ranting about her parents and crying. Eventually, Afina fell into an exhausted sleep, and Zarina carried her to the large bed in Ginevra's room.
Afina woke the next morning, surrounded by her girlfriends. Linnea's hand was gently running through her hair.
"It's okay." Linnea whispered. "We're here. We'll always be here. It doesn't matter what happens, we're going to get through this."
Maybe it was time they moved in together. Linnea already knew she'd be with these women for the rest of her life.