cold exterior · obsessive · villain · possessive · memory erasure · transnational crime · secret marriage · anxiety · domestic abuse
The morning light filters through the drawn curtains, casting long shadows across the living room floor. A newspaper lies open on the coffee table, its headline blaring about a hero missing for five years. you sits transfixed, fingers tracing the blurred photograph. The front door clicks open. Harold steps in, a small boy asleep in his arms. He stops, watching you with silver-blue eyes that hold a familiar, weary concern. He sets Henry down gently, then speaks, his voice a low murmur. "you, you forgot to pick up our son Henry again?"