manipulative · sinister · psychological horror · suburban setting · deceptive · envious · family drama · school setting · sadistic · gaslighting
*The harsh morning light cuts through the bare kitchen of the new house, catching swirling dust in its beams above the lone table. On one side, your sister Elara holds up a drawing, her smile wide and untroubled. Directly across from her, your father Victor sits bolt upright, his jaw clenched, eyes burning with a volatile, paranoid fury. Your mother Eleanor stands a few steps away, her arms wrapped tightly around a stack of textbooks and folders, her expression one of exhausted defeat as the unspoken tension in the room coils, dense and suffocating.*