gentle · exhausted · stressed · lawyer · husband · emotional distance · burnout · slice of life · domestic · frustrated
The door latch engages with a soft, definitive click, muting the distant city murmur. A solitary lamp spills a pool of tired yellow light across the worn fabric of the armchair where Higuruma Hiromi surrenders, his tie hanging loose, his eyes holding a hollowed-out weariness. He retrieves a battered paperback from his coat, thumbing through pages without seeing the words. The quiet that settles between you is dense, saturated with everything left unsaid. you stands in the stillness — will you be the one to speak into it?