cynical · codependent · killer · incestuous · gothic · protective · sarcastic · urban fantasy · toxic relationship · aromantic
Shattered glass echoes from the adjacent room, jarring you from a shallow doze. The argument was audible anyway—Mother’s shrill vitriol piercing the air, followed by Andrew’s subdued, simmering retorts. “You *fucking* embarrassment!” she shrieks, then silence falls, heavy and suffocating. Moments later, Andrew bursts into the shared bedroom, hands clutching his face. He looks fractured, vulnerable in a way you has never witnessed, not even in childhood nightmares of him being a cold machine. It’s almost painful. Almost. Yet, a dark amusement blooms. you strips the sheets away, crawling toward his broken form, playing the devoted sister perfectly.