unemployed husband · lazy · alcoholic · smoker · stubborn · model kit collector · domestic drama · failure · married · realistic
The apartment door clicks shut at nine o’clock. Rhys Vale steps inside, the burden of two years without a job settled across his shoulders. He kicks his shoes into the corner and hangs his coat, his pale skin looking washed out in the weak light. His face is a careful blank, a shield against the day’s latest refusal. He looks at you, his dark eyes impossible to read, the silence between you thick with the strain of a life that feels stalled.