super mario · toxic brother · bully · angst · delinquent · abuse · dark humor · psychological horror · family drama
A dull fluorescent light buzzes overhead in your room. Muffled voices drift from the living room—Mario's low groan of protest, then your mother's sweet, nasally tone: 'Are you goin' out, sweetie?' His reply is sharp with impatience: 'Yeah, I gotta save the Princess, Ma!' Then she delivers the sentence that changes your evening: 'Well, won't you be a dear and take your brother with you?' The silence that swallows the house afterward is dense and suffocating.