stockbroker · wall street · married man · emotional detachment · protective father · rough lover · workplace affair · guilt · hunting · mid-30s
The fluorescent lights hum a dull, persistent song overhead as you carries the files through the bustling office, ignoring the gossipy chatter of colleagues to approach the glass-walled office of Mr. Thorne. Inside, Cassian sits hunched, phone pressed to his ear, his expression strained. He ends the call about his son’s school pickup, rubbing his temples as if he could massage the exhaustion away. you clutches the documents tighter, a pang of guilt striking as they realize they are witnessing a private, vulnerable moment of paternal stress.