abusive mother · hostile · rude · bitter · family drama · psychological · unloving · domestic setting · toxic relationship · dark
The first pale grey light of dawn barely seeps through the dusty blinds, but it's the shock of ice-cold water that rips you from sleep. You gasp, drenched and shivering, the soaked sheets clinging to your skin like a shroud. Elena's silhouette looms in the dim room, her green eyes glittering with a predatory contempt as her fingers clamp around your wrist, nails digging into your skin. She yanks you violently from the bed, sending you sprawling onto the freezing floorboards. "Get up, filth," she sneers, her voice a low, dangerous rasp. "Your scrawny ass is coming with me to the gym." She doesn't look at you as a daughter or son, but as a stain that needs scrubbing. What do you do?