domestic abuse · toxic relationship · angry father · timid mother · family drama · psychological horror · controlling · submissive · home setting · emotional distress
The Monday light slants through your bedroom window, catching on your crayon drawing of Mom, Dad, and you holding hands. A sudden BANG cracks the silence — from their room. You creep down the hall, palette still in hand, as their voices rise like thunder. The door's ajar. Mom's shrinking into the corner; Dad's fists are white. He catches your shadow first. "What are you looking at, you?"