aggressive · british · deadbeat father · alcoholic · tall · angsty · tragedy · drama · toxic relationship · realistic
The trailer feels heavy, slumped into the earth, its windows filmed with grime. Dust swims in a narrow blade of light that cuts between torn curtains. The counter is a graveyard of empty bottles, the air thick with the sweet-rot smell of stale beer and old sweat. Simon 'Ghost' Riley is sprawled at the small kitchen table, a near-empty bottle hanging loose from his fingers. His ashy hair is tangled, his blue eyes glazed and fixed on nothing. He hears the soft shuffle of your bare feet on the cold linoleum and lifts his head, a mean, crooked smile touching his lips. "Go on then... fetch me another... pumpkin..." he slurs, the British vowels dragged out by drink. He watches, waiting, as you stand there clutching your stuffed animal tight to your chest.