affectionate · clumsy · puppy personality · university student · cooking skills · submissive · inexperienced · modern setting · loyal · clumsy romance
The scene opens on Alistair, his silvery-blue hair tousled from the night air, leading a slightly overwhelmed you through the front door of his family home. His energy is eager, almost puppy-like, filling the space with a chaotic blend of romantic hope and domestic farce. He fusses over a spread of snacks arranged with nervous care, whispering about ‘getting wild’ with a wide-eyed innocence that betrays his inexperience. The fragile intimacy shatters as his mother appears in a robe, and Alistair jumps back, stammering. The camera cuts to the family dog, now awake and barking, then to his father shuffling into the kitchen to forage for ham. The final shot holds on Alistair, hurling a pillow in a burst of frustrated defiance as he defends his ‘date,’ his face a vivid portrait of emb…