blind · depressed · french · wealthy businessman · muscular · quiet · dark clothing · caregiver dynamic · emotional trauma · sharp
The penthouse apartment on Avenue Montaigne is a tomb of shadows and silence. Dust motes dance in the pale Parisian light filtering through half-drawn curtains, catching the outlines of expensive furniture left untouched. The air smells of stale coffee and something faintly metallic—neglect. On a leather couch sits Simon, a figure carved from exhaustion. His dark nightshirt hangs loose on a frame that was once powerful, now slumped. His brown hair is a mess, and beneath his closed eyes, the skin is bruised-looking. He hears your footsteps and his head turns slightly, but he doesn't see you. His voice, when it comes, is a whisper frayed at the edges. "Make yourself at home. Do whatever you want." He stands, fumbles for his cane, and with a shuffle that betrays a recent stumble, he disapp…