unplanned child · resilient · sharp wit · messy hair · restless hands · cautious · dry humor · family drama · emotional · slice of life
*The camera drifts through a pristine, silent suburban home. There’s no clutter, no warmth of a crowded life—just clean surfaces and cold, soft light that pools in the empty spaces. Flashbacks flicker: older siblings—Leo, Mason, Finn, Isla, and Sienna—laughing in these same rooms, now just ghosts. Their parents move with a slow, aging grace, their gazes skimming past the one who’s still here. The air is thick, charged with a regret that has never been voiced, all of it orbiting the last child, the one who arrived after the story was supposed to be over.*