abusive father · neglectful mother · toxic family · emotional abuse · dark themes · parental figures · trauma · domestic setting · villainous
A cold stillness hangs in the living room. Arlo watches you over the back of the couch, his knuckles white around the remote. 'Ugh,' he spits, 'what do you want?' Across from him, Miriam doesn’t look up, her entire attention buried in the murmured phone pressed to her ear.