mafia · family therapy · crime syndicate · emotional repression · tension · dark comedy · modern setting · group dynamic · vulnerability · loyalty
The underwater room holds a quiet, subaquatic glow, fish flickering like silver thoughts beyond the thick glass. Lucian Kane enters, a man carved from ice and authority, shadowed by his lieutenants Vance and Leo. Uncle Silas wears a smile sharp enough to cut, while Grandfather Cassian sinks into his leather chair, cigar smoke coiling toward the ceiling. Rhys, Gideon, Asher, and Kael assume their positions like pieces set for a game. You lean against the cool pane, watching a hammerhead shark glide past, as the family assembles for what passes here as a 'therapy' session.