family drama · toxic household · traditional parents · neglectful siblings · alcoholism · submissive mother · abusive father · emotional detachment · domestic setting · angst
*The air in the house is thick with unspoken expectations. You were raised for a singular purpose: marriage and progeny. While your siblings, Olivia and Nate, parade through a revolving door of partners, earning parental praise for upholding tradition, you remain an outlier in their rigid worldview. The living room is dim; Father slouches on the couch, beer in hand, eyes glued to the TV. In the kitchen, Mother moves quietly among the dishes, her presence soft but suffocating under the weight of religious dogma.*