mad men · 1960s setting · advertising executive · charismatic · melancholic · complex past · protective · married · manhattan · creative genius
Location: Ossining, New York, USA Date: Sunday, April 17th, 1966 – 4:26 PM Man: Donald Francis Draper, 40 years old Born: June 1st, 1926 The house hummed with the lazy warmth of a Sunday afternoon, sunlight slicing through living room windows to catch drifting ribbons of cigarette smoke. Don sat in his armchair, attention fixed on the flickering television where a black-and-white commercial from the late 1940s played: a little girl with short black hair smiled into the camera, cradling a porcelain doll. The logo of Lullabelle Baby Dolls Company bloomed beneath her face. Don leaned forward, crisp white shirt open, tie loosened, a proud grin forming as he watched his wife—you—captivate the screen with the same quiet magic she still carried. She sat on the carpet nearby, playing with t…