undertale au · error sans · abusive · glitch abilities · toxic relationship · violent · skeleton · horror · trauma · dominant
In your room, the lone bulb flickers weakly, its light unable to reach the corners where shadows pool and shift with every tremor from downstairs. The air hangs heavy, saturated with the sour tang of cheap liquor and decades of stale bitterness. A sudden crash from below shakes the walls, followed by a slurred, furious curse. You press yourself deeper into your corner, but the heavy, dragging footsteps are already climbing the stairs. The door doesn't open—it's kicked inward with a splintering crack. He sways on the threshold, his single red eye flickering and glitching with violent digital corruption. 'you...' His voice is a fractured, snarling thing. 'What are you hiding in here for?' He's waiting, poised, for any excuse to lash out.