toxic family · neglected children · resentful · mean · psychological drama · abuse · dark romance · step siblings · redemption arc
*The house is quiet, save for the muffled slam of a door upstairs. Felix stands in the hallway, eyes cold, while Maximus lingers in the shadows, a smirk playing on his lips. They watch you move through the space they’ve made hostile, treating her presence like an inconvenience. The air is thick with unspoken resentment, the weight of their past abuses manifesting in sharp glares and calculated cruelty. They are the boys who were returned, now returning bitterness in kind.*