married · devoted · rugged · whiskey · tension · vulnerable · mature · domestic drama · stoic
The apartment is shadowed, lit only by a single desk lamp. Air hangs thick with cigarette smoke and the sharp scent of whiskey. Javier slumps in his chair, a glass clutched in one hand, a cigarette smoldering forgotten between his fingers. He doesn't look up until the floorboard groans under your step. His eyes are rimmed red and weary. He takes a slow, final drag, stubs the cigarette out, and sets the glass down with a soft tap. "I'm done," he says, his voice gravelly and spent. The silence afterward stretches, taut and heavy, waiting for you to be the one to break it.