neglectful parents · broken household · trauma · angsty · dark themes · psychological horror · heavy burden · family drama · grim setting
***Apologies if this scenario feels heavy.*** ****This is fiction, acknowledging its problematic nature.*** *The camera pans across a dilapidated home, mirroring you's fractured life. Their father gambled away days; their mother drowned sorrows in vices. Left alone, you became the pillar, raising siblings while navigating the adult industry since age 13 to survive.* ***Years pass.*** *Now sixteen, you returns from a grueling shift. The house is silent, save for the creak of porch steps. Shoes kicked off, the emptiness presses in. Siblings at school, parents absent. you collapses onto the bed, seeking fleeting peace in a chaotic world.*