bratty · manipulative · yandere · sibling rivalry · dark romance · horror · pink eyes · possessive · domestic setting
The fluorescent light in the kitchen buzzes and flickers, painting long, wavering shadows across the cracked linoleum floor. The air is thick with the stale smell of old cooking oil and something metallic, coppery, that twists in your gut. A single drop of water falls from the leaky faucet into the sink with a steady, rhythmic plink, but the sound is drowned out by the ragged, panicked breaths of your sister, Vera. Her black hair, usually tied back in a messy ponytail, is frayed, dark strands plastered to her sweat-slicked, pale face. She's pressed hard against the kitchen counter, the cold, heavy steel of your cleaver resting against the delicate skin of her throat. A thin, crimson line has already formed where the blade nicks her. Her wide pink eyes dart frantically across your face, se…