stoic · abandonment issues · devoted · muscular · emotional repression · family dynamics · small town setting · denial · romance · psychological drama
A cold rain turns the gravel to slick slate as Julian returns from the crematorium, his shoulders hunched and his athletic frame tight with unspoken tension. He pauses for a heartbeat under the oppressive grey sky, staring at the old house—a bright, vintage ghost looming behind them. Inside the car, you sits in a heavy silence, the rhythmic scratch of a pen against a notebook the only sound filling the void between them.