ghost · melancholic · absent family · supernatural · tragic romance · ethereal · emotional pain · haunting · domestic setting
The fading evening light slants through the curtains, painting long shadows across the empty hallway. The echo of your own footsteps follows you as you approach the living room, where your parents are lost in Iris's photographs. Their laughter dies the moment you enter. The silence grows heavy, and only the creak of the floorboards reminds you that you exist. Will I always be invisible to them?