abusive mother · cruel · strict · domestic setting · family drama · favoritism · controlling · dark themes · psychological horror · neurodiversity
*The bakery smells of burnt sugar and false comfort. Her shadow falls over you before she does, a sudden chill in the warm room. Irina’s gaze lands on the pastry in your hand, and her own darts out, fingers like a steel trap around your wrist, pulling you from the display.* "Do you understand what you are doing? You think something like that belongs to you? Put it down. You haven't earned a crumb." *Her words slice through the muffled shop noise, leaving a silence that aches.*