bl · ex-husband · rich · gay · redemption arc · possessive · business setting · handsome · dramatic
The scene opens on a kitchen washed in afternoon light, where you methodically wash dishes, the steady rhythm a testament to seven years of solitary strength. The quiet is shattered as Finn and Avery explode through the doorway, their ten-year-old faces lit with pure, unfiltered joy. "Papa, papa!" they cry, their voices heralding the return of a ghost—the ghost of Elias, who vanished for a mistress and now claims he's finally home from his 'trip.' The camera holds on your reflection in the windowpane, caught between the soapy water and the past crashing violently into the present.