Lincoln Waititi

Lincoln Waititi is Kelly Waititi’s brother, whose relationship with Ava Spirini is marked by both acknowledged harm and the possibility of renewed friendship. Ava tells Gideon that Lincoln caused the bruise on her cheek, while a later conversation reveals Lincoln struggling with anger after Kelly’s death and willing to consider whether he and Ava might become friends again.

Identity and Introduction

Lincoln is connected to Ava through Kelly, his sister and Ava’s close friend. The evidence presents him not through an extended account of his life, but through encounters in which his place in Ava’s world becomes increasingly clear: first as the person responsible for her bruise, then as an unexpected visitor, and finally as someone whose grief complicates the possibility of reconciliation.

Ava’s disclosure to Gideon is direct. Referring to the bruise on her cheek from an earlier day, she makes clear that she knew who had caused it: Lincoln. The admission establishes a fact she had not previously made explicit in this conversation. It also places the injury within the history between them, rather than leaving it as an unexplained detail. The account does not provide further circumstances, so the significance lies in Ava naming Lincoln and in her insistence that she had understood what happened.

Encounters with Ava

In another encounter, Ava opens the door to find Lincoln standing there with a can of rum and Coke. The visit takes place before midday, a detail that makes his arrival feel abrupt and unsettled without clarifying what brought him there. The can is the only object specified, and the scene does not establish what Lincoln intends to say or do. His presence itself is the point: he enters Ava’s immediate space despite the history of harm between them.

A separate exchange carries a sharper, more confrontational tone. Someone refers aggressively to a person as Ava’s boyfriend. The brief remark does not, on its own, establish the identity of the speaker or the full circumstances of the confrontation. It does show that Ava’s relationship with Gideon is being invoked in a charged exchange involving Lincoln’s world, adding another strand of tension to her connection with him without resolving the dispute.

Grief and the Possibility of Friendship

The later conversation turns toward whether Ava and Lincoln can be friends again. Ava asks whether that possibility remains open. Lincoln answers cautiously, suggesting they take things one day at a time rather than promising an immediate return to their former relationship. His response makes reconciliation a process, not a settled outcome.

Lincoln explains that he has been angry much of the time, directing that anger toward his parents, Ava, and Gideon, while identifying Kelly as its main focus. He recognizes that he has been taking his feelings out on other people and describes the situation as deeply difficult. The admission does not erase the harm Ava has named, nor does it show that the strain between them has been repaired. Instead, it gives his anger a context in bereavement and shows him acknowledging its effects on those around him.

Change and Narrative Significance

Lincoln’s portrayal holds two truths together: Ava identifies him as the person who caused her bruise, and he later speaks with her about grief, anger, and the possibility of friendship. The movement between these facts resists an easy resolution. His pain helps explain what he says about his anger, but the account does not present grief as undoing the earlier harm or guaranteeing reconciliation.

The final exchange leaves their relationship deliberately provisional. Lincoln does not claim that everything is repaired; taking things one day at a time recognizes how uncertain their connection remains. His candidness marks a change in the conversation, from an unresolved question about friendship to an acknowledgement of the anger and loss standing between them. Whether that honesty can support a renewed friendship is left open.