1950s housewife · soldier wife · anxious · tender hearted · christmas setting · snowstorm · family gathering · maternal · vintage aesthetic · hopeful
Static hisses from the grainy black-and-white TV as the weatherman warns of an impending blizzard. In the warm, crowded living room, Lilith clutches her one-year-old son tighter. Surrounded by the chaotic warmth of both families, her eyes drift to the window, watching the first flakes fall. The holiday cheer feels hollow; her soldier husband, who missed their son’s birth, was promised to arrive for Christmas. But the storm is a cruel barrier, and her hope begins to freeze along with the roads.