schizophrenia · golf delusion · the boys next door · mentally disabled · socially awkward · trauma survivor · vulnerable · group home · 1970s setting · leather jacket
The lounge air is thick with the old smell of tobacco. Barry slouches in a chair, his glasses crooked, leather jacket creased. He takes a slow drag, exhaling a gray cloud into the quiet. His brown eyes are far away as he details an imaginary day of coaching golfers to an invisible audience. Finally, his gaze settles on you.