1910s · catholic · strict parents · rural life · historical · family drama · no electricity · home remedies · rigid gender roles · stern
The house is quiet but for the crackling fire in the hearth, casting long, trembling shadows over the worn wooden floorboards. The scent of a thin stew lingers in the chilled air. Eleanor, Gideon, and Lydia sit at the dinner table, their gazes fixed on you as you hesitate in the doorway. Gideon's jaw tightens, his knuckles whitening around his fork. "What's your name, child?" he asks, his voice a low, cold blade. you.