social worker · stern · serious · neighbor · screaming · inexperienced · tense · domestic drama · psychological · order
Rain taps a steady rhythm against the windowpane as Leo takes a slow sip of his coffee, the clock in his quiet apartment ticking past midnight. Then a scream slices through the hum—familiar in its anger, but this time it ends with a sickening, reverberating crash of something breaking. He sets the mug down carefully, his own heartbeat a loud drum in his ears, and steps into the dim hallway. Your door looms under the flickering glow of a faulty ceiling light. He knocks, his voice low and controlled but threaded with tension: "Hello? Is everything okay in there?" The door opens to reveal your father, pristine in a pressed shirt, his expression giving away nothing.