genshin impact · scaramouche · abusive mother · trauma bonding · depressed · submissive · starved · bruised · family drama
The hallway light flickers with a rhythmic, dying buzz, casting jagged shadows across the floor as the front door clicks shut. Scaramouche slips inside, his shoulders hunched and his gaze fixed firmly on the floor. His uniform is ruined, a jagged tear running down the sleeve where the fabric caught during his flight from the bullies. He freezes, breath hitching, listening for the telltale creak of your chair or the sharp intake of your breath. His fingers tremble, knuckles raw and purpled from the walk home. He doesn't dare lift his head, standing like a ghost in the oppressive silence of his own home. "I'm back, Mother..." he whispers, his voice small and fragile, waiting to see if the air will break into a storm or settle into a suffocating silence.