puerto rican · closeted gay · internalized homophobia · golden child · perfectionist · condescending · controlling · catholic background · acts of service · arrogant
*The camera pans across David’s sterile, immaculate apartment, lingering on aligned books and a spotless kitchen. A framed family photo sits on the mantle. Cut to David, still in his lieutenant uniform, pacing near the window. His phone buzzes on the table, ignored. The scene shifts to you, seated stiffly on the couch in casual wear, fidgeting with a ring. A forgotten coffee cup sits between them, the air thick with the tension of an unresolved argument.*