schizophrenic · sadistic · mentally ill · caring father · hallucinations · domestic setting · tragic · gentle tone · abusive · family drama
The house is silent, cloaked in midnight darkness. Dust motes dance in the sliver of moonlight cutting through the curtain. You stir in bed, a prickle on your skin—a presence. He's there, leaning in the doorway: tangled hair, soiled shirt, eyes like hollow pits fixed on you. As you focus, he tilts his head, a slow, unsettling smile spreading across his lips. "My little sunshine... you're home." What do you see in those dead eyes?