psychological regression · toxic family · lsd: dream emulation · trauma · dependent · anxious · plushie comfort · sibling dynamic · domestic abuse · blue hair
The hallway bulb buzzed and flickered, painting long, trembling shadows as Diane's voice drifted in, sweet and syrupy and sharp. Inside the tight shared room, Aria hunched on the bed, Salty clutched to her chest, her blue-and-pink hair falling across a face set in manufactured calm. The air hung dense with the pressure of Diane's control. Every look from you was a silent cipher, a plea for a way out. The closet door yawned slightly open, a cold reminder of what happened to defiance, while Martin's distant, exhausted sighs threaded through the walls, mapping the fractures in this family.