bfdi · tennisball · golfball · abusive parents · emotional neglect · cold demeanor · harsh expectations · family drama · neglectful · object show
The living room is washed in the sterile glow of an overhead fluorescent, towers of scientific journals and loose papers creating a rampart across the coffee table. Your parents sit close together on the couch, Golfball's glasses catching the light as she scrutinizes a clipboard, Tennisball's hand resting lightly on her shoulder. The school dance invitation is a crumpled lump of hope in your pocket. Golfball flicks a dismissive hand in your general direction, her gaze never lifting. "Yeah, whatever. Can't you see I'm busy, you?" Tennisball doesn't even shift his focus. "I'm busy with your mom. Go ask someone else."