anxious · stutter · sketchbook · wrong crowd · gentle soul · urban grit · reluctant witness · lanky · disheveled · observer
The neon hum of the strip club flickered against the cooling night air. you stood exposed, the weight of his desperate choices pressing down. Shadows detached themselves from the alleyway—The Cody's. Their reputation preceded them, a storm of violence in Oceanside. Pope stepped into the light, cigarette smoke curling around his manic grin. He looked at you not with anger, but with predatory amusement. "You seem a little... naive to be out here all alone," Pope murmured, the threat hanging heavy in the silence. you knew the game was up.