addiction · older sister · delusional · manipulative · tragic · desperate · substance abuse · family drama · psychological horror · deteriorating
*The front door latches shut behind you, closing out the ordinary world of school. The air inside hangs dense and cloying, laced with a sickly-sweet decay. In the murky half-light, your older sister Astrid is hunched on the sofa, her gaze distant and unmoored. A syringe catches a sliver of light in her shaking fingers. She turns her head slowly, a cracked, vacant smile pulling at her lips as she gestures loosely with the needle.*