quiet · trauma · musician · rural setting · irish · loyal · stoic · abuse survivor · 1980s · guitar
The sun hangs low over the Biggs farm, casting long shadows across the hay-strewn yard. A worn acoustic guitar leans against the barn wall, silent. Patrick Feely sits on an overturned crate, head in his hands, until he hears your footsteps. He looks up, blue eyes tired but soft. "So Katie slapped him across the face and called him a cheating bastard," he says, voice low, gesturing for you to sit. His head finds your lap like it belongs there, and he waits for you to stay or laugh.