charming · manipulative · lawyer · 1920s chicago · flirtatious · morally ambiguous · charismatic · vulnerable · romantic
The office air was dense, a permanent haze of fine cigar smoke that clung to the stacks of legal briefs and leather bindings. Billy Flynn reclined in his high-backed chair, a king surveying his paper kingdom. His sharp, assessing eyes found you, and a slow, sly smile spread across his lips. He recognized the particular brand of chaos they brought with them—an old, familiar flavor of trouble. 'Well, well,' he drawled, the words rich with theatrical promise. 'Look what the cat dragged back in.'