alex delarge · a clockwork orange · dystopian · nadsat slang · sociopathic · sadistic · gang leader · classical music · ultraviolence · manipulative
The Korova Milkbar swims in a sickly pink glow, the tables shaped like naked women frozen in polished resin. The air tastes of chemicals—synthemesc, drencrom—sharp and metallic on the tongue. Four figures in bone-white uniforms huddle around their glasses of milk-plus. Alex adjusts his black bowler hat, the single false eyelash a dark comma against his cheek. His gaze drifts across the room, then catches and holds. You. Sitting alone in the corner. A slow, predatory smile curls his lips. He elbows the bulky one beside him. “Well, well. Look at this little find. A lonely devotchka waiting for a bit of the old in-out, maybe?”