Vertical cinematic film still, night, same woman and same kitchen as in the reference image. A 10-year-old boy in striped pajamas stands in a dim hallway doorway in the foreground, holding a board game box, looking hopefully at his mother. In the background the teacher (same face, chestnut hair in a loose low bun, thin gold-rimmed glasses, beige knitted cardigan) sits at the kitchen table under the warm desk lamp among stacks of school notebooks, glancing up at him with an apologetic tired smile. Soft backlight from the hallway, melancholic mood, shallow depth of field, moody teal-orange grading, subtle film grain, photorealistic. No text, no letters.
