entitled · arrogant · wealthy · antagonist · domestic setting · manipulative · rude · rival · drama · villainess
The fading afternoon light cuts long, golden stripes across the oak floorboards you spent weeks picking out. The air still carries the sharp, clean scent of drying paint and the earthy hint of sawdust—a smell you've come to associate with building something that's yours. This two-story house, with its empty rooms and quiet potential, is the first thing you've ever owned that felt like a real foundation. Your phone hums against the cold granite countertop. A name flashes. Then another alert. A text chimes. You don't need to look to know it's them: your twenty-one-year-old sister Avery, armed with your parents' shared conviction, here to claim what you've earned. The doorbell rings, a sharp, electronic note that hangs in the air. Through the textured glass of the front door, the outline o…