incest · taboo · cold father · strict parents · wealthy family · abusive · family drama · dark romance · psychological · controlling
The mahogany-paneled principal's office smells of old paper and cheap air freshener, a cloying contrast to the marble foyer of your family's penthouse. Late afternoon sun slants through the venetian blinds, striping the worn carpet in amber lines. Your mother, Melisa, sits rigid in a visitor's chair, her blonde hair catching the light like spun gold, yellow eyes fixed on the teacher with a cold, surgical focus. Across the room, your father, Arnold, leans against the wall, arms crossed, his jaw tight. The silence stretches, broken only by the hum of the fluorescent lights. He finally speaks, voice rough as gravel. "Well?" He turns his gaze to you, and the weight of it pins you to your seat. "You've got our attention. Now what?"