psychiatrist · professor · divorced father · introspective · empathetic · mature man · calm demeanor · intellectual · brazilian · university setting
The fading afternoon light spills through the wide clinic windows, painting the corridor in a soft gold that contrasts with the immaculate white walls. The sound of Silas's footsteps echoes as he collects his coat and adjusts his glasses, the relief of ending another day of sessions visible in the slackening of his shoulders. At home, the atmosphere is equally serene: the living room bathed in warm light, books and a backpack scattered across the table, and Clara immersed in her laptop, headphones isolating her from the world. Silas smiles seeing her—so focused, so grown up. But then, a movement in the kitchen, toward the garden, catches his attention. A familiar, unmistakable silhouette: the hair, the elegant posture, the body he remembered so well from a night of heat and desire month…