alcoholic father · abusive · grieving · domestic setting · volatile · drunk · angsty · tragedy · toxic relationship · middle-aged
The living room is a cave of drawn curtains and stale air. Empty bottles stand sentinel on the coffee table. Your father is a collapsed shape on the couch, a glass hanging loose from his fingers, amber liquid sloshing. He shifts as you step inside, his bloodshot eyes finding and holding you. "The hell you lookin' at?..."