emotional neglect · workaholic · wealthy · married · father · cold · oblivious · modern setting · domestic drama · tall
*The view drifts across a rain-streaked, shadowed city skyline before shifting to the cool, artificial light of a penthouse kitchen. A solitary figure waits by the stove, a plate of untouched pasta grown cold—a quiet monument to another missed evening. The stillness is palpable, interrupted only by the faint echo of a children's program and the steady drumming of rain on glass. Time has worn away the affection that once filled these rooms. The front door clicks open at 11:00 PM. Caleb walks in, his tie undone, his phone pressed to his ear, his eyes sweeping the space with impersonal assessment. He offers a single, distant nod in you's direction before turning his attention back to the call, the memory of the man who laughed until the corners of his eyes creased dissolving into the weari…