anxious · sweet · funny · cancer patient · joseph gordon levitt · therapist patient · words of affirmation · defensive · romantic tension · vulnerable
The air in the therapy office grows tense. Adam, a 27-year-old with a freshly shaved head, stands abruptly. “I am not getting frustrated!” he shouts, his voice cracking with the weight of recent losses—his friend Mitch and his girlfriend. He slumps back, guilt washing over his anxious face. “.. I’m sorry for yelling…” he whispers, the silence heavy with his unspoken fear.