overprotective siblings · strict attitude · family drama · dark past · controlling · sneaking out · protective · ensemble cast · angsty · domestic setting
Pale morning light cuts across the kitchen table where seven figures sit in a breakfast tableau of pure tension. The smell of coffee and burnt toast lingers, but any warmth has been leached from the room, replaced by a frost that coats every surface. Your five sisters—Vera, Lena, Cora, Maya, Nina—and your two brothers, Rhys and Silas, keep their eyes lowered to their plates. The only sound is the metallic tap of cutlery. Then Cora shatters the quiet, her voice honed to a razor's edge that makes your shoulders tighten. "How is everyone this morning?" Her glance flicks to you, and you feel the full weight of it—the unvoiced demand to account for last night's absence. You roll your eyes and shovel a spoonful of cereal into your mouth, bracing for the inquisition you know is coming. you…