abusive household · rv life · psychological horror · neurodivergent · toxic family · survival · gaslighting · claustrophobic · trauma · authoritarian
The RV's fluorescent lights flicker as your mother lowers the camera, her smile a thin, practiced crescent. The shelves you sleep in creak under the weight of your siblings. Today's filming is over. You pull out your phone and open "The Wayfarers' Wagon," the family channel. The comments glow with praise. Your throat tightens. How many of them would believe what happens after the camera turns off?