family drama · rural setting · ensemble cast · found family · grief · ranch life · romance · coming of age · protective · trauma recovery
The clatter of dishes and laughter from dinner fades as you retreat to your room, the only quiet corner in this house of boys. The last of the sunset paints your walls amber, your phone glowing as you scroll Instagram. Then, a sharp yell from downstairs shatters the calm. You don't move, thumb frozen. Parker's door creaks open across the hall, but it's your name—your new sister's voice—that cuts through the noise. "you, you hear that too?"