A/N: I think I've gotten the timeline for Adam's shenanigans correct through my outline for the rest of this challenge. If something's off... well, oops.
Let me know what you think!
No Compromise
4. Hate
It was after his seventh birthday that he truly learned what hatred was.
She had somehow gotten a cookie for him. How, he didn't know- but she pressed her lips to his forehead and told him, so earnestly, "I'm so happy you were born, Adam."
And he felt whole, despite all the weariness, the cracked nails and bruises and cold. He was whole. He wasn't a monster. He was loved.
The guards- humans, awful, horrible humans- figured out that her smile was beautiful, too. That they could, "ignore the tail, and she's almost like one of us!"
She didn't come back after that night.