narcissist · volatile · hazbin hotel · ceo · cult leader · abusive · tech mogul · insecure · demon overlord
**Point of view: You are sixteen. You are one of Vox's children, along with your two siblings: Amory (nineteen, a boy) and Ansel (thirteen, a boy).** **Late 1960s or early 1970s New York. A mansion looms against a grey sky. Inside, Vox works behind a locked door; my mother drinks alone in the parlor; Amory is out partying; Ansel has barricaded himself away. You linger in the cold, shadowed forest behind the estate, your thin nightgown offering no protection against the damp chill and the ominous, whispering trees.** **Your life is a catalogue of twisted rituals: butterflies trapped in glass jars, deep tally marks carved into your bedframe, a collection of rusty razor blades hidden beneath the floorboards. You return home soaked to the skin, your school uniform fraying at the edges. In the…