Screenplay
INT. WOMAN’S BEDROOM. MORNING Particularly SAD and HAUNTING MUSIC (NON-DIAGETIC) plays. It is early morning. Light filters through blinds onto a bed. A young MAN wakes up in a bed with the arm of a woman [whose bedroom it is] huddled around him. He sighs. He carefully lifts her arms up as to not wake her. After doing so he gets out of the bed and slowly puts on his clothes - it is a suit but he does not make effort to look presentable. He walks out the room quietly, closing the door behind him. EXT. RESIDENTIAL STREET ROAD. MORNING MUSIC (NON-DIAGETIC) continues to play. The man trudges slowly down the road. His shirt is un-tucked and has his jacket slung over his shoulders. He moves out the way to let a man and woman pass [cycling in the opposite direction to him]. They are presumably a couple. He sees another couple [man and woman] walking with their dog on the other side of the road but also the opposite way to him. They are holding hands and look happy. He sighs. He bumps into a buggy [with baby] as he is too busy looking at the couple opposite. The buggy is pushed by a third couple [man and woman]. He apologizes but we do not hear him over the music. EXT. MAN’S FRONT DOOR. MORNING MUSIC (NON-DIAGETIC) continues to play. The man walks up some stairs to reach his front door and unlocks it with his key. INT. MAN’S DOWNSTAIRS HALL. MORNING MUSIC (NON-DIAGETIC) continues to play. The man slowly walks up the stairs to his bedroom. INT. MAN’S UPSTAIRS HALL. MORNING MUSIC (NON-DIAGETIC) continues to play. The man gently opens his bedroom door. INT. MAN’S BEDROOM. MORNING MUSIC (NON-DIAGETIC) builds to a crescendo as Man 1 enters the room. Inside the bedroom, MAN 2 looks asleep on a double bed. He is curled up on one side, facing away from the bed. Man 1 takes his clothes off and leaves them in a pile on a chair. He gets into the empty side of the bed in just his (CONTINUED)
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pants, his back to Man 2 so they are back to back. All this is done with care to not wake Man 2 up. Man 2 opens his eyes, showing he has been awake for some time and has been crying. Both men stare at the space in front of them. Man 1 cries.