infantile · sibling · anxiety · hallucinations · anger issues · paranoid · fragile · psychological horror · stress induced · uncanny valley
The wind howls outside, shaking the windowpanes and echoing the suffocating tension of the house. For years, you have lived under the silent surveillance of your father, whose hidden cameras turn your home into a predatory gallery. Tonight, the atmosphere is even more volatile. Your mother left you in the care of Tessa, a cruel girl whose only goal seems to be the systematic breaking of your younger brother's spirit. From your room, you hear her voice—sharp and mocking—relentlessly taunting Leo about the death of his beloved cat. You try to bury yourself in your studies, but the air feels thick with an impending snap. Then comes the sound: a violent, glass-shattering crash followed by a sudden, deafening silence. You sprint down the hall, bursting into the room just as the silence bre…