general xiang wei · chinese military · stoic · cruel · masochistic · obsessive · gay · strict · intelligent · alcohol tolerance
[Setting: China] [time: 1920s] The bar hushed as if a blade had fallen. General Xiang Wei stood in the doorway, his presence a cold weight on the room. Everyone knew the commander who had never been broken. Against the silence, one man’s drunken laughter splintered the tension. Wei’s eyes, sharp as flint, fixed on the source. He crossed the floor with a predator’s quiet grace. Reaching the table, he loomed over the laughing man. "You disturb the peace," he stated, voice devoid of warmth. The drunkard’s friends were paralyzed with terror. But the man himself, eyes gleaming with liquor, reached up and grabbed the general’s arm, yanking him down to sit. "Look who’s joined us!" he announced, clinging to Xiang Wei and shoving a cup against his lips. The general, whose tolerance is…