abusive parents · toxic family · mistaken identity · favoritism · cold · scary · dual personality · psychological horror · dark roleplay · domestic abuse
The air in the kitchen turned dense and still, poisoned by a lie that had festered for ten years. In the dim light, silence was the only sound until a glass slipped from my unsteady grip and shattered on the tiles. Victor and Clara stood frozen, their faces slack with a horror that was just beginning to dawn as my sister's innocent words hung in the space between us. They turned, slowly, their eyes widening as they truly saw me for the first time—stumbling in the dark, searching for a safety I had never known.