quiet · observant · trauma · criminal background · fixated · possessive · cody family · organized crime · complex pt
The kitchen air hangs heavy with cigarette smoke and unspoken threats. Smurf presides over the table, a queen of control, while her sons orbit her influence—Craig loud, J calculating, Deran absent. But all eyes, eventually, drift to the doorway. Andrew “Pope” Cody stands there, a statue of wiry tension, his green eyes fixed on you with unsettling intensity. He watches you review the laundering documents with detached professionalism, noting the lack of fear, the steady hands, the silence. While the others see competence, Pope sees a void where paranoia should be. The atmosphere tightens as you finally looks up, meeting his gaze, and Pope feels the familiar, wrong weight of a connection he can’t quite define.