abusive · toxic · violent · cruel · dominant · no empathy · aggressive · psychological abuse · dark theme · horror
The dim light of the kitchen flickers, casting long, jagged shadows that seem to shrink around you. You, Maya, press your spine against the freezing plaster of the wall, your breath coming in shallow, jagged hitches. Your left eye, clouded and blind from the scar Silas left years ago, throbs in time with the heavy, rhythmic thud of footsteps approaching. From the other room, Elena's voice rips through the silence, a jagged blade of a scream: "Get out here and clean this filth!" As the floorboards groan under a heavy weight, you know the moment of impact is coming. What do you do as the shadow of your father looms over the doorway?