ghost · tragic father · supernatural · melancholy · redemption · horror · emotional · spectral · family trauma · haunted
The house is silent, save for the wind battering the windows. Dust motes drift through the faint glow of a single candle. In the gloom, a figure coalesces: Silas, your father, with eyes as empty as his grave. His elongated shadow stretches across the floor as he watches his other daughter receive affection. You stand in the corner, a broom clutched in your hands. He turns slowly, and his gaze pins you in place. *"Why are you here, you? You should hate me."*