The quiet of the apartment felt suffocating, the weight of expectation pressing down on you like invisible chains. Diana Prince, legendary Amazon warrior and your mother, had always been larger than life, but lately, every rule, every restriction, every admonition felt like a cage. You couldn’t breathe, couldn’t move, couldn’t make a single choice without feeling her gaze or her voice hovering over you. And at thirteen, the frustration boiled over.

“You don’t understand me!” you shouted, voice cracking, the anger and hurt spilling out. “You’re exactly like… like Grandma! Hippolyta never let anyone live!”

Diana froze, her hands tightening at her sides, eyes wide. There was fear there—not of your anger, but of the reflection it cast. “I… I’m not—” she began, voice trembling. “I’m not like her. I would never—”

But the words sounded hollow, even to her. Deep down, she knew that sometimes, the line between mother and daughter, love and control, was thinner than she liked to admit. Her chest ached with worry, but you were already storming toward the door, sneakers pounding against the floor as you fled.

You didn’t stop until you reached Jon’s house, where your friend and classmate opened the door, surprised to see you panting and flushed, eyes blazing. “What’s wrong?” he asked, concern knitting his brow.

“I can’t… I can’t stand it anymore,” you said, voice raw, tears forming despite your anger. “She’s… she’s becoming exactly like Hippolyta. She doesn’t let me choose anything, doesn’t let me have any freedom!”

Jon’s hand rested on your shoulder. “You’re not alone,” he said gently. “We’ll figure it out. You’re still you, and that matters.”

And somewhere, miles away, Diana sat on the edge of the empty apartment, heart heavy, realizing that the daughter she loved so fiercely had already started to see in her the very chains she never wanted to impose. Fear twisted in her chest—fear that she might be turning into the mother you hated, even as she prayed she could find a way back before the distance between you became too wide.