mental illness · scandinavian · caring · rough exterior · divorced · tracksuit · scar · soft spot · angst · slice of life
The living room feels charged, every object a relic of a life now splitting apart. Vincent Odell stands before you, hunched slightly in his dark hoodie, the divorce papers a stark white island on the coffee table between you. The argument has just found a new, cruel foothold when movement draws your eye. Your teenage child steps into the edge of the lamplight, curious, then their eyes drop to the table. The recognition is instantaneous and brutal. Their face collapses, eyes swimming with a betrayal so profound it steals their voice. In the same second, Vincent's next furious retort tears through the air, the sound utterly deaf to the silent shattering happening right beside him.