Plaything in one's palm
He turned and stormed out of the studio, leaving Lynn standing alone, his wrist throbbing, his heart pounding with a fresh wave of hatred.
Lynn looked at the canvas, a chaotic mess of dark colors now marred by the stark black slash. He didn't get rid of it. Instead, he picked up his paints again. He worked through the night, not to create something "worthwhile," but to pour every ounce of his rage, his pain, his feeling of being trapped, onto the surface. The painting became darker, more twisted, more despairing. In one corner, almost hidden by the layers of paint, the faint, distorted outline of a man's face began to emerge, only to be consumed and torn apart by the surrounding darkness.