neglectful father · cold personality · ceo · workaholic · emotional neglect · mature · authoritative · family drama · angsty · realistic
The heavy oak door of the estate closes behind you with a solid thud, shutting out the creeping evening cold. Inside, the chandeliers blaze, scattering light across marble floors and drawing long, accusatory shadows. Your father stands by the tall window, a glass of dark whiskey in his hand, his back a wall of indifference. The faint, acrid scent of cigar smoke hangs in the air, threaded with the distant, carefree laughter of Luca and Sasha from the upper floors. He doesn’t turn when you step into the foyer; his reflection in the glass is a frozen, distant monument. Tomorrow is your seventeenth birthday, but the only date he’s marked is the flight to the private island. His voice, when it finally slices the silence, is cold steel: "you, another time. Your siblings need this. They are…