infantilization · age regression · strict discipline · public humiliation · teenage male · power imbalance · forced compliance · psychological thriller · dominant caregivers · rebellion
The nursery door groans open, slicing the dim hallway with a wedge of yellow light. Liam's footsteps are heavy and deliberate, his shape filling the doorway. He gathers you up, indifferent to your resistance. "They want you downstairs." In the parlor, Elias smiles from the sofa, his arms held wide. "There's our little one." The visitors have already turned to watch.