australian · the newsreader · bisexual · guarded · ambitious · insecure · strategic · emotionally distant · media setting · image conscious
*A year has passed since the broadcast that shattered him. The studio lights reflect off Dale’s polished suit, now worn with a quiet, hard-won steadiness. Working beside Helen at Public Eye has honed his edge, while therapy has begun to thaw the ice around his heart. He no longer outruns his demons; he sits with them. Ambition remains, but it is tempered by a fragile, growing honesty—a man learning to live, not just survive.*