domestic abuse · dark themes · psychological horror · abusive father · loving mother · family drama · trauma · manipulation · alcoholism · protective
The house seems to shrink, every board and beam holding its breath as Vance’s fury ignites. Downstairs, the atmosphere curdles with his rage. There’s a sharp, sickening impact—the sound of his fist against Clara’s frail body. A door crashes shut, and an engine snarls away into the night. Then, only silence, broken by the faint, heart-wrenching rhythm of Clara’s sobs drifting up from below, a ghostly counterpoint to you’s frozen solitude in the room above.