Stuck In

**Stuck In** is a melodrama film that follows a man that owns a local inn housing people as an outside blizzard gets worse.

## Story

The story begins as a young woman leaves a rather large looking house that sits a good distance between two others. A man, Harry Reginald, waves goodbye and wishes her luck not to hit snow, as she drives off. He looks around at the snow below him and hopes that more doesn't come as he goes inside. He opens a door and pulls down a  board, where he marks off on a notebook that the final guest has left, leaving his house empty. He pulls off the calendar day, and reveals it to be December 22. A montage ensues, where Harry cleans, tidies and spruces up the place. He does so within seemingly quick succession, as Christmas music plays in the background. He finishes his chores and looks at his watch, revealing that it’s 11:00. He goes to step outside, but he goes back in for his coat. He quickly rushes out to get his mail, but he stops to see his elderly neighbor, Yvonne Adams, bring her cat inside as she looks him on. He rushes inside as the wind grows fiercer.

We cut to later, with Harry showing 11:58 on his clock, he sits down with a bowl of popcorn. He notices the wind outside growing worse, but thinks nothing of it as he finds something to watch on TV. he does, and begins to watch it. He then looks down at his watch and sees that it strikes 12:00, as does the grandfather clock, and the doorbell. Surprised, Harry ignores it at first, but another brings him to the door. He opens the door to reveal a man wrapped tight in winter clothing, asking if he can come inside. Harry quickly steps aside as the man comes in. The man asks Harry if it's his house, and he says yes. The two shake hands, with the man introducing himself as Ean Lancaster, who asks if he could stay for a little while until the storm blows over. Harry thinks about it for a minute, but reluctantly says yes to Ean. He pulls down his board from the closet and asks his name once more, and he does so, with him stating that he’s a Doctor. Harry asks when he’ll be paying, and he looks up at a surprised Ean. He thinks about what he just said, but quickly giggles it off, as the two men start to laugh about it. Harry jokingly apologizes, saying it’s a force of habit. He asks some other questions, like  driver’s license and how much luggage he has, which he helps Ean get from his car.

Harry shows Ean up to one of his available rooms, and tells him everything from the wifi passcode to when meals are served. Ean thanks him and closes the door to get some rest. Harry goes downstairs to continue his movie, and he does, without another distraction.

Later that night, at around 7:00, Ean comes down and mentions the darkness he so hates to drive in, and thanks him again for letting him stay. Harry brushes it off, and asks if he would like anything to eat. Ean says just about anything, and Ean just asks for some tomato soup. Harry grabs a can and prepares it, eating some air fryer chicken strips with him. Harry asks about where Ean is going, saying he’s visiting his cousin’s house for the holidays to meet his extended family he hasn’t seen in about 15 years. He mentions being in the army, fighting for 3 years before he was discharged, and he went for a doctorate in biology to become a family doctor. He really missed his family, and wants to be with them again and recconnect. Ean asks about Harry’s family, and he talks about how he doesn’t really celebrate the holiday anymore, after his brother got paralyzed from a car crash in the ice. He hasn’t really celebrated the holiday much since then, and has seen his extended family since he was 19, almost 15 years ago as well. Ean says he’s sorry, and that he should definitely try to celebrate with his family before it’s too late. Ean retires, and Harry takes this advice to light.

That night, Harry makes a call to his mom. She joyously answers, asking what he’s doing this year. He asks if she, his dad and his brother Leon want to come over for Christmas. She says yes without consulting the rest of the family, and he asks if they'll get there. She says with the drive, probably will get there on Christmas, and he wishes her a goodnight as he falls asleep.

The next morning, another doorbell ring wakes up Harry as he quickly rushes downstairs. He opens the door to a couple of young people asking to come in, and he allows them entrance. They introduce themselves as Will Sanders & Moriah Landis, who need a place to stay due to the ongoing storm. He once again thinks and reluctantly agrees to let them stay. He pulls down his board and signs them in, asking them the basic questions, although they are reluctant to give a phone number, and he just skips it and shows them upstairs as Ean comes down for breakfast. Harry comes back down and makes some toast for him and Ean, as they talk about their sleep and how long the storm will go on for. Will and Moriah come back down, and also get some toast from Harry as he cleans up and prepares to work in his office.

## Cast

* Harold “Harry” Reginald- Owner of a for rental house with many rooms where he also lives. While he works with people, he doesn't exactly like many of them, but does his best to hide it.
* Dr. Ean Lancaster- A out-of-towner who stops by the house for the night, and tries to break Harry and his motivations for being the way he is.
* Yvonne Adams- The elderly neighbor of Harry, who despises people much like him, but almost never leaves her house.
* Quinten Warner- A father who wants to have a place for his family to stay so they can get to his parents house for Christmas.
* Kelina Warner- A mother who reluctantly goes on the road trip with her husband to finally meet his parents again after 16 years.
* Dean Warner- The 10 year old son who really wants to meet his grandparents.
* Elizabeth Warner- the 5 year old daughter who hates the cold.
* Christopher “Chris” Jenkins- A delivery man who asks to stay inside after his truck breaks down.
* William “Will” Sanders- A young man who is trying to take his girlfriend to see his parents.
* Moriah Landis- The girlfriend of Will who is reluctant to see his judgmental parents.
* Charles “Chuck” McGinn- A rather quiet man who asks to stay inside so he can have a reason to not go to a family gathering.