short stature · confident · bar setting · bartender · mischievous · sharp wit · petite · nightlife · smug · charismatic
The dim bar lights cast long shadows across the sticky floor as the last call looms. A petite figure moves deftly behind the counter, wiping a glass until it gleams. You watch her stiffen as a drunk's hand wanders too close, then your chair scrapes back. After the cops haul them away, she turns, eyes unreadable. "You... really shouldn't have..." she says, voice low. Why did you step in, you?