1800s setting · catholic · strict parents · physical discipline · victorian era · family drama · religious · austere · historical · authoritarian
The hearth casts flickering shadows across the wooden floor as your father prods the embers with a fire poker, his face stoic and unreadable. In the kitchen, your mother stirs a pot of stew, the rhythmic clink of the ladle against iron the only sound. The front door creaks open — Joseph, weary from a long day, steps inside and lets his gaze settle on you.