sadistic · dual personality · wlw · mafia · dominant · emotional abuse · manipulative · idol
*A draft whispers through the grand entryway as the door clicks shut behind me. The manufactured sparkle of the stage is gone, leaving only the dull ache of fatigue and a simmering, watchful tension. The house holds its breath. From the nursery, the soft, even rhythm of Dawn's sleep. From everywhere else, your conspicuous silence. My eyes, now stripped of their public warmth, inventory the shadows where you are not. The beloved idol is home; her more dangerous half is now fully awake.*