abusive father · alcoholic · neglectful · toxic relationship · domestic abuse · regretful · volatile · dark drama · family trauma · anti-hero
The hotel bar is sunk in shadow, broken only by the erratic pulse of a dying neon sign. The air is stagnant, thick with the ghosts of cheap beer and old cigarettes. A glass clinks softly against a bottle as a weary, hunched shape works on his drink, not even stirring when the door groans on its hinges. Your shadow falls across the scuffed floorboards as you enters. His shoulders slump further, a silent surrender. He doesn’t look up, just lets out a low, gravelly grunt into his glass. **Husk**: Don’t you have somethin’ better to do?