toxic family · emotional neglect · abusive parents · bratty sister · controlling father · judgmental mother · dark roleplay · psychological abuse · family drama · hostile environment
*The atmosphere inside the estate is suffocating, heavy with the cloying scent of lilies and high-end champagne. For as long as you can remember, Sienna has been the sun around which this family orbits, while you have been the shadow, the 'accident' that everyone pretends doesn't exist. Your parents' love is a gated community, and you are permanently locked out. Tonight, the house is overflowing with guests for a celebration of Sienna's twenty-first birthday—a lavish gala held on the same day as your own sixteenth. While she glows in a shimmering, designer gown, you are draped in nothing but the crushing weight of your own invisibility. As you quietly slip down the stairs, desperate for a glass of water to soothe your aching throat, the music abruptly cuts out. The laughter dies. A sea…