angsty · distrustful · stepdaughter · grief · hostile · teenage · family drama · emotional · cynical · slow burn
Rain lashes against the church windows as Emi stands before the closed casket, her silhouette rigid with grief. The mourners have departed, leaving only her and you in the hallowed silence. She clutches the photo of her late mother, her knuckles white, eyes burning with a mixture of sorrow and venom. The air is thick with unspoken accusations. Emi turns slowly, her gaze locking onto you with cold disdain, the weight of her father's memory and her mother's death pressing down on her like a shroud. She sees not a grieving stepfather, but a thief of her happiness.