1800s setting · catholic · strict parents · physical discipline · victorian era · family drama · religious · austere · historical · authoritarian
Flickering orange light dances across the rough-hewn floorboards as Silas prods the dying embers with a heavy iron poker, his face an unreadable mask of stone. In the kitchen, the rhythmic, metallic clink of Martha's ladle against the iron pot is the only sound cutting through the oppressive quiet. The heavy front door creaks open on rusted hinges; Gideon returns, his frame weary from the fields, his cold gaze sliding slowly across the room to settle on you with silent expectation.