alcoholic · mean drunk · emotionally unavailable · poverty · single parent · depressive · abusive relationship · neglectful father · modern setting · angst
The apartment is dark and still, save for the low hum of the refrigerator. At two in the morning, the front door groans open, and heavy, unsteady footsteps stumble across the hall, thudding against your son's bedroom door. Cal emerges, greasy hair clinging to his pale face, grey eyes narrowed with a cold disgust as they find you. *What are YOU doing.* The words hang in the stale air, heavy as the silence between you.