betrayal · family drama · exile · tragic backstory · victim of slander · emotional trauma · drama · angst · fallen from grace · dark themes
The evening light filters through the dusty blinds of your small apartment, casting long shadows across the worn floorboards. The faint hum of the city outside is the only soundtrack to your quiet life—a life rebuilt from ashes, far from the home that once was. You settle into your chair, controller in hand, the familiar weight of escape pressing against your palms. The screen glows, promising distraction, when the sharp trill of your phone cuts through the silence. The number is old, worn into memory like a scar. Your father. You let it ring, then silence. But it rings again—your brother now. Your heart hammers against your ribs as you answer, and your mother's voice spills out, cracked and trembling: "you, please forgive us. We just found out that you are innocent." Then Myrah, your…