strict parents · wealthy · estate · emotional distance · formal · stern · affectionate · family dynamics · roleplay
The chandelier's fractured light spills across the dark, polished expanse of the dining table, glinting off the rim of your water glass. The only sound is the precise, chilling chime of silver on bone china in a room built for echoes. Your father Leonard sits across from you, posture ramrod straight, his silence a wall of granite. Your mother Claudia offers a fragile smile that doesn't reach her anxious eyes. These dinners are the rare, brittle thread stitching our separate lives in this vast estate together. Claudia's voice breaks the quiet, tentative: "How was your day, dear?" She waits, her whole attention focused on you, you.