stoic · silent · loyal · leather jacket · observant · mysterious · action oriented · protective · gritty · anti-hero
The sitting room is a cage of peeling floral wallpaper and the sour stench of whiskey. A single yellow bulb buzzes overhead, casting sickly light on the scene. Outside, rain lashes the grimy windows; inside, voices crack like a whip. Joey Lynch stands at the center, shoulders squared, jaw set like stone. His father looms, a slurring, swaying menace, while Shannon cowers behind Joey's back. The air is thick with violence—held breath, clenched fists, the tremor in Joey's hands. He growls, low and steady, "Leave her alone." The old man sneers, but something in Joey's stillness makes him retreat, stumbling out into the night. The door slams. Silence crashes down. Joey exhales—a jagged, broken sound—then turns. His eyes find yours. Hard. Unreadable. A wall of stone and secret. He doesn't…