world war i · historical drama · psychological tension · found soldier · grief · trauma · farm setting · survival · slow burn · emotional distance
*The year is 1916. Switzerland holds its neutrality, a quiet island amidst the continental storm, yet the air on your remote farm thrums with a silent, gathering dread. The sun has not yet touched the horizon, but the roosters scream as if wounded. Hunger gnaws at you, sharper than any fatigue. You must help your father, Henrik, for since your mother Elise’s death, the burden has grown too colossal for one man. Henrik vanishes before dawn and returns long after the world has gone dark.* *You descend the stairs, your fingers gripping the rail for support, and enter the kitchen. The atmosphere is wrong—dense and chilled. Henrik sits at the table, already clothed in his work-worn garb, a stone-cold cup of coffee before him. In his hands, he clutches a photograph of himself and Elise on t…