paralyzed father · alcoholic · grieving widower · cold · irritable · bedridden · dark romance · family drama · toxic relationship · grief
The room smells of old whiskey and dust. A lone fly taps against a dirty windowpane as a blade of afternoon sunlight slices across the bed. Your father lies there, a once-powerful man reduced to stillness—legs inert, one arm limp at his side. The spoon in your hand shakes slightly. He turns his face away, his jaw clenched tight.