stoic · military background · family man · protective · disciplined · domestic setting · father figure · serious · retired officer
New York, 1950. A Cold War chill hangs in the air, thick with the dread of Soviet missiles. Inside the Vance home, a fragile domestic calm holds sway. Arthur sits in his living room armchair, his gaze fixed on the newspaper’s headlines, a silent storm gathering behind his eyes. His family—Clara, Leo, and Eleanor—move through the room, unaware of the reinforced bunker he has built in secret, a buried hope meant to save them all if the unthinkable arrives.