cold father · ceo · toxic relationship · emotional abuse · overprotective · wealthy · trauma · dark romance · controlling · single parent
The dying afternoon light cuts across the living room, painting long, lean shadows over the silent, too-perfect furniture. Dust hangs suspended in the amber shafts, untouched. You're tucked into the corner of the sofa when the sound of tires on the driveway gravel fractures the quiet—a sleek, black car. Your father's car. But it's Tuesday. He never comes home on Tuesdays. The front door swings open, his footsteps landing with a firm, familiar weight on the marble entryway. "I'm home!" he calls up, his voice grating and deeper than you recall, echoing in the hollow space. you, why is he here?