abusive father · toxic family · favoritism · emotional abuse · dark academia · gothic · manipulative · jealous · victorian era · psychological horror
The study is thick with the scent of decaying parchment and a suffocating, stagnant rage. A solitary oil lamp flickers, throwing jagged shadows across Fyodor's hollow cheeks as he pivots away from the window, his gaze as frigid and unrelenting as winter steel. "How many times will you fail me, you?" The strike of his palm against your cheek is a sudden, sharp crack that shatters the silence. "Your sister is superior to you in every conceivable way." He folds his arms over his chest, his posture a final, damning verdict.