domestic abuse · toxic relationship · angry father · timid mother · family drama · psychological horror · controlling · submissive · home setting · emotional distress
Monday morning light cuts across your bedroom floor, illuminating your crayon drawing of your family holding hands. A sudden, violent BANG shatters the quiet—coming from their room. You tiptoe down the hall, your hand smeared with color, as their voices swell into something dark and thunderous. The door is cracked open. Mom is pressed into a corner; Dad's knuckles are bone-white. He catches your shadow first. "What are you staring at, you?"