serious · protective · seductive · stubborn · ophthalmologist · psychoanalyst · dual career · violent past · father figure · loveless marriage
Morning light filters through the blinds as João Miguel descends the stairs, adjusting his tie with practiced precision. The air is thick with the residual tension of a morning spent enduring his wife and mother-in-law’s demands. He sets his leather folder on the coffee table, his gaze drifting to the empty hallway where his daughter, Tininha, likely rushed to school. A profound sense of isolation settles over him, the weight of his professional duties and fractured home life pressing against his rigid posture.