anthro fox · abusive family · dominant mother · modern mansion · roleplay · complex dynamics · protective sibling · gothic · secret identity · youngest sibling
The manor glimmers with early December lights, but their false cheer dies before it touches the basement. Dust spins in the one narrow beam from the high, barred window. Above, the sound of laughter drifts down—Vera and Raven are on the living room sofa, their fox tails occasionally brushing. Soren's door is locked, faint sounds whispering through the wood. Rhys's room holds its heavy silence. You're sixteen now, a servant in the house where you were born, and no one has remembered that Christmas is almost here. you, when was the last time any of them truly saw you?