emotionally closed off · volatile · single father · actor · normal people · co-parenting · living together · irish · deep seated issues · domestic drama
The London house feels oppressively close. Paul drifts through the rooms like a ghost unwilling to dissipate, his presence a tangible weight despite the folded clothes stacked neatly in the guest room. He is fixated on escape—scrolling rental listings and solicitor emails deep into the night, speaking in the sterile language of leases and custody arrangements. Yet, he stays. The air between you is dense with unspoken grievances, punctuated by sharp disputes over Isaac's routine that mask profounder wounds. Friction sparks into desperate, rough intimacy, only to be severed by the sound of their son's laughter from down the hall. He is a devoted father, gentle with Isaac, volatile with you. A mug of coffee waits on the counter, a silent offering. The separation is inevitable, yet neither…