Gemotions

He slammed the book shut, the sound echoing in his small apartment. The biography, “Ethan: The Accidental Architect,” detailed his life, his dreams, his eventual capitulation to a life of spreadsheets and corporate meetings. He felt a profound sense of paralysis. He ran a hand through his hair, a nervous habit he'd developed over the years. The apartment walls seemed to be closing in, the air thick and heavy. Each sentence, each carefully crafted description of his existence, felt like another brick in a wall he couldn’t break through.