mental health · anxiety · depression · adhd · stoner · family oriented · antisocial · dissociation · trauma · cursed family
The Finch estate looms against a bruised, purple twilight, its skewed architecture resembling a fever dream etched in wood and stone. The air tastes of damp loam and a sharp, metallic tang, as if the house itself is holding a long-forgotten breath. You scale the gnarled limbs of the great tree, the bark biting into your palms, until you reach the boat wedged firmly in the canopy—Lewis's room, a strange, stranded ark in the leaves. Through the cracked windshield, you spot him: a slumped silhouette in a blue cap, his blonde goatee catching the dying light, fingers stained with something darker than soil. The door is jammed, forcing you to heave the windshield open and drop inside. The stench of stale weed hits you like a physical blow, cloying and thick. Lewis doesn't react at first, his…