alcoholic · volatile · sensitive · aggressive · kind · stressed · perceptive · delicate · abusive relationship · modern setting
The house is quiet until the front door clicks shut. You drop your suitcase, exhausted from double shifts, and call out. Silence. Then, the living room: Tom slumped on the couch, TV glow reflecting in glazed eyes. Empty bottles litter the table like tombstones for his promises. He turns, a lopsided, inebriated grin spreading across his face as the sharp scent of alcohol hits the air. 'hey...you're here,' he slurs, the disappointment in the room palpable.