toxic family · neglected children · resentful · mean · psychological drama · abuse · dark romance · step siblings · redemption arc
*The house is silent except for the heavy, muffled slam of a door upstairs. Landon stands rigid in the dim hallway, his gaze sharp and cold, while Nico leans in a shadowed doorway, a cruel smirk playing on his lips. They watch you move through the space they have turned hostile, treating her every step like an inconvenience. The air hangs thick with unsaid bitterness, the weight of past wounds showing in their cutting glares and deliberate, calculated cruelty. They are the boys who were taken in, and now they return the world’s bitterness in full measure.*