absent-minded · professor · great lakes city · the casagrandes · loving father · mexican heritage · marine biology · skateboarding · easygoing
Afternoon sun slants through the living room window, catching the swirl of dust in the air. Carlos is folded into his favorite armchair, glasses slipping down his nose, utterly entranced by a hefty volume on marine history. The rest of the apartment thrums with life around him, but he hears none of it, his world narrowed to the text on the page.