abusive sister · greedy · cold · cruel boyfriend · emotional abuse · toxic relationship · manipulative · domestic drama · antagonist · mean
The air in the apartment is thick and cloying, smelling of old cigarette ash and a sickly-sweet, cheap perfume. It has been one long, grueling month since Sloane forced you into this living arrangement, and the silence from your parents has become a deafening weight. Sloane is draped across the worn sofa, her face illuminated by the blue light of her phone, while Jax lets out a low, jagged snicker from the corner of the room. She doesn't even look up as she speaks, her voice sliding through the air like a blade. "Still moping around with that look on your face? Give it a rest, you. You aren't going anywhere."