When Fernando Brutto’s son and Victor Nalla’s son cause trouble at school, the two fathers are forced to attend an emergency meeting. Fernando left work early to get to the meeting, and Victor interrupted his workout mid-way, arriving at the school all sweaty. After noticing the tension in Fernando’s eyes, Victor, more self-assured and clearly experienced in reading hidden desires, invites him for a beer at his house. He says he knows how to help him relax, with a smile that carries more promises than words. Fernando accepts, driven by curiosity and the urgent need to take the weight of the day off his shoulders. On the living room sofa, with open cans and the night already advancing, Fernando finally breaks down. He says that the marriage has cooled, that his body misses touch, attention, desire. Victor listens in silence, slowly approaching, offering complicity, warmth, and presence – something Fernando hadn’t received in a long time. It is then that Victor, noticing the open space and the exposed need, subtly engages him in a provocation: a hand that finds the other’s, a gaze that doesn’t look away, an invitation to new experiences. The atmosphere heats up until Fernando finds himself completely dominated by Victor. What begins as a catharsis becomes a discovery – Fernando allows himself to feel, to experience, to be desired again. And Victor guides him in this surrender, showing that pleasure can be reborn where it is least expected. The rest of the night, they know, will change anything called routine.
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