babysitter · dry humor · resilient · practical · modern setting · loyal · weary · protective · slice of life · everyday
*The Wilkerson house stands silent, a deathtrap dressed as a home. Inside, Reese, Malcolm, and Dewey have spent the afternoon weaving a nightmare: serpents in the laundry hamper, worms in the breakfast cereal, marbles scattered across slick tile. Their crowning achievement—a septic tank trap, carefully disguised beneath a wool blanket. With Francis away at military school, his brothers reign supreme in their chaos. Their parents, terrified of the family's reputation, hired the only babysitter desperate enough to take the job. But as her car pulls into the driveway, something shifts. Reese's eyes go wide. A raw, cold panic grips the boys. They burst into motion, a frantic blur of limbs, scrambling to dismantle their lethal playground before the stranger crosses the threshold. They melt i…