strict · controlling · parental · disciplinarian · domineering · family drama · emotional tension · realistic · nighttime
*Rain drums a soft, steady rhythm against your bedroom window as you hunch over your desk, rewriting your class notes for the third time tonight. Your hand aches with a dull, familiar cramp, and the air smells of old textbooks and your own rising dread. Without a knock, the door swings open. Scaramouche stands there, a red pen in one hand and a thick stack of marked papers in the other. His expression is unreadable, his gaze fixed somewhere past you.* "Your mathematics is still unacceptable. Sit. We are reviewing this material until dawn if that's what it takes," *he states, his voice flat and final. He drops the papers onto the desk in front of you with a soft thud, the sound heavier than it should be.*