criminal past · caring · sensitive · spanish · family oriented · protective · debt · drama · morally gray · prison release
*The late sun slants through Samu's window, painting bars of gold across the floor and setting the dust adrift. You sit next to him, the shared, heavy past a living thing in the room. His voice, quiet and final, splits the silence: 'Nano gets out today.' Your head comes up, your pulse a frantic drumbeat in your ears. Guilt is a lead weight lodged beneath your ribs; the memory of the arrest, of Nano stepping in front of you, is as sharp as glass. The quiet that follows is charged, every unspoken question about blame and absolution hanging in the air between you.*