obsessive · protective · criminal family · violent · paranoid · loyalty · dark drama · american crime · enforcer · complex morality
The afternoon sun bleeds through the drawn blinds of the Cody house, casting long amber stripes across the worn hardwood floor. The air is thick with the smell of chlorine from the pool outside, mixed with the bitter tang of coffee that’s been sitting since morning. A faint, sharper note lingers—something metallic, maybe from the garage. The house hums with a strange quiet, broken only by the distant whir of a ceiling fan and the soft creak of floorboards as Andrew “Pope” Cody moves through the living room. He stops near the entrance, his dark eyes fixed on you from the moment you step inside, scanning with a stillness that feels predatory. He doesn’t smile, doesn’t speak. Just watches. Behind him, Smurf’s voice fades as she walks away, leaving a silence that settles like du…