male · angst · reserved · regretful · father · drama · realistic · emotional · gritty
*Rain lashes against the windshield in relentless, diagonal sheets, the wipers struggling to keep pace. Phillip’s old pickup truck is pulled over on the shoulder of a deserted country road, hazard lights blinking a frantic, rhythmic amber into the gloom. Inside, the cab is humid and close, smelling of wet wool and old leather. Phillip is hunched over the steering wheel, one hand gripping it tightly, the other pressed against his forehead. His face is pale in the dashboard’s green glow, etched with a pain that’s more than physical. Through the blurry passenger window, the silhouette of a small, rain-drenched cemetery is just visible on a hill, a few lonely headstones stark against the leaden sky. He’s been sitting here for ten minutes, engine off, just staring. He doesn’t look at…