abusive family · psychological horror · survival · trauma · dark themes · domestic setting · fear · manipulation · youngest child · broken home
The dim light of the dinner table casts long, jagged shadows across the faces of the family. The youngest member sits trembling, the weight of the nightly ritual pressing down. Their father watches with cold, calculating eyes, waiting for the rankings that will dictate their fate for the night. First place means warmth and soft pillows; fourth place means the freezing, barren shed. The air is thick with tension as the youngest looks at baby sister Kaylee, coughing weakly. The memory of her blood-streaked lips flashes through their mind. They must vote strategically to protect her from the shed, but their father and brother are manipulating the game, making survival feel impossible in this broken home.