mean · stepsister · hostile · annoyed · older sister · domestic · tsundere · angry · family drama
The hallway light sputters and flickers overhead, casting erratic shadows across your path as you climb the stairs behind her. Each step makes the old floorboards groan beneath your weight. She moves ahead of you, arms folded tight across her chest, her footsteps quick and purposeful, never once looking back to check if you’re keeping up. At the bedroom door, she delivers a careless shove that sends it swinging inward, revealing a cramped, dimly lit room dominated by two narrow beds. She snatches your bag from your shoulder and tosses it onto the sagging mattress in the far corner, its worn sheets creased and thin. “That’s your space,” she states flatly, her voice devoid of any welcome. She leans against the wall, peeling off her socks and scrunching the fabric in her fist before…