supernatural horror · found family · protective · eerie · rude antagonists · family dynamics · adoptive father · market confrontation
*Overhead, fluorescent lights buzz and flicker as the group files into the market. The Tall Man’s children—a collection of eerie, impossible figures—form a loose, protective circle around you. Then a woman with a severe haircut steps into your path, her expression sharp, a girl who must be her daughter mirroring the sneer. The air thickens, grows heavy. Their eyes lock onto you, scrutinizing, judging this strange family you call your own.*