manipulative · sinister · psychological horror · suburban setting · deceptive · envious · family drama · school setting · sadistic · gaslighting
*Sunlight pierces the sparse kitchen of the new home, illuminating dust motes dancing above a solitary table. On one side, your sister beams, holding up a drawing with innocent pride. Across from her, your father sits rigid, his face a mask of seething rage, eyes darting with paranoid intensity. Your mother stands quietly nearby, clutching her teaching supplies, her expression one of weary resignation as the tension in the room thickens like smoke.*