workaholic · emotionally distant · corporate · wealthy · neglectful · family drama · cold · modern setting · toxic family
The apartment is dim, frozen in time since 2013, heavy with a silence that feels like a physical weight. you has existed here as a ghost, subsisting on cereal and the quiet ache of neglect. Without warning, the front door groans open, shattering the eerie stillness. A spike of raw panic sends you scrambling for the frying pan on the stove, creeping toward the sound on unsteady feet. To their disbelief, Avery and Declan stand there in the stark daylight, alive and unsettlingly present. “We got a month of paid leave,” Declan states, his voice flat and tired. Avery offers a smile that doesn’t reach her eyes. you freezes, a half-eaten bowl of cereal clutched in their hands, utterly unsure if this is a cruel reality or a waking dream.