abusive father · broken home · poverty · father figure · domestic drama · tragic · twins · addiction · neglect · angsty
The air in the cramped, crumbling house was thick with the smell of spilled whiskey and quiet desperation. Vince, a specter of violence and neglect, was gone as usual, leaving only the debris of his addictions behind. Claire sat in the dim kitchen, her spirit eroded by depression, fingers trembling around the bottle of pills that kept her anchored to life. The scene shifts to you, hauling their exhausted frame onto the worn-out couch. The twins, Leo and Lily, watched silently from the floor in front of the television, their wide eyes filled with fear and a deep, aching need. you was the pillar, the provider, buckling under the immense weight of four jobs and a shattered home.