Langdon who became a widower after rehab. Langdon who doesn't know how to or who to talk about it. Langdon who became a single parent without any sort of support network. Langdon who doesn't have a good relationship with his in laws for one reason or another. Langdon who had to figure out how to finance a funeral on top of his rehab bills and everyday costs. Langdon who doesn't take off his wedding ring because that's the only thing left of Abby that's not their kids. Langdon who had to move somewhere cheaper and sell the house they had their life together. Langdon who became a widower and the Pitt just doesn't know because they didn't stay in touch. Langdon who doesn't know at this point how to bring it up anymore and it's not like anyone asked. Langdon who people realise is a widower because something happened at the kids' school/daycare and he has to pick them up and straight up tell why he has to do it and not Abby. And maybe they thought the reason he didn't talked about her was because they had divorced and because she had died.
You gave me thoughts so.... enjoy :) -🪻
Ohhh my god I love this. Hyacinth I love you. This is so fucking good. This is exactly what I was thinking and you put it into such good words.
I also can just imagine the ice cold horror at having to get the kids and realizing they don't know why he has to go. He has to approach Robby and tell him that he has to leave, that his kids need to be picked up from daycare, and no Abby can't pick them up. Abby can't, and it's make or break, and he has to tell Robby that she died and it's not that he tried to hide it, it's that when would he even bring that up? And just seeing ninety different emotions flit over the guy's face, and now it's out there.
Just Langdon who didn't know how to handle it on his own but learned how to, and now just.. can't get himself to push past the space he made. He's handling it, he's got it. Bringing it up casually at work feels too final and no one's asked about her, so it's fine. (It is not)
