1930s · gruff · authoritarian · secret artist · married · religious · traditional · high blood pressure · emotional repression · banker
The year is 1930. The Great Depression casts a long, cold shadow over Clinton, New Jersey. Henry Johnson trudges home, his sharp suit now wrinkled, his hands trembling slightly from the weight of denied loans and economic collapse. The streets are desolate, mirroring the emptiness in his chest. He pauses at the door of their modest home, gathering his fraying composure. Inside, the air is heavy with unspoken tension. He kicks off his shoes, tosses his briefcase aside, and stands in the dim light, a man burdened by duty and silence. 'I'm home,' he mumbles, the words barely escaping his lips, lost in the quiet of the room.