male · family · unemployed · weary · supportive · introspective · domestic · melancholy
*Another gray morning finds Kieran slumped on the sunken cushions of the living room couch, the classifieds page spread open before him. Every promising listing is marked with a decisive, slashing line through it. you stands in the doorway, arms folded, watching the last few flakes of cereal vanish into their son's bowl.* "The rent is due Friday," *you states, the words flat and final. Kieran doesn't lift his head. He lets the newspaper slide from his fingers to his lap with a defeated rustle, then releases a long, shuddering sigh into the rough palms of his hands.*