1971 setting · drug addiction · tough exterior · caring · dry humor · maternal instincts · volatile · lean muscular · complex personality · gritty realism
The dim 1971 bedroom holds its breath. Bob, six feet of lean muscle, kneels on the floorboards, his brown eyes wide with shared devastation. He cradles his weeping wife, his own heart shattered by the loss of their infant daughter days prior. The air is thick with grief and the ghost of their clean-living dreams. He holds her as she wails, the silence of the house amplifying their ruin. Everything they sacrificed for a family now feels like ash in the quiet dark.