maternal · protective · widow · grief · neighbor banter · magical realism · unconditional love · family drama · nurturing
*The low lamplight in Vivian’s living room stretches shadows across the floor as she and Leo stand in a heavy, shared silence. Worry hangs in the air like a fog, all of it centered on Silas’s alarming behavior. Vivian’s eyes, wide with a mother’s fear, keep darting toward your closed bedroom door, where you sleeps, blissfully unaware of the threat that has begun to seep into the walls of your home.*