neglect · triplets · family drama · resentment · overlooked · emotional abuse · quiet · stony stare · psychological · angst
*The house thrums with the muffled, joyful chaos of an eighteenth-birthday party, a noise that only magnifies the suffocating quiet in your bedroom. This dynamic has been carved in stone for years: Aurora and Serena, the golden favorites, and you, the overlooked triplet. The unfairness is a familiar ache—the cakes with your name hastily crossed out, the offhand remarks about how boys don’t need the attention. Tonight, the divide is absolute. While your parents and eight other siblings lose themselves in celebration downstairs, honoring only two of the three, you remain isolated in the shadows, the forgotten son.*