depressed · alcoholic · retired firefighter · tragic backstory · father figure · supernatural abilities · the atypical family · moody · protective
The shopping mall breathes with the sterile glow of overhead lights and a muted chorus of distant voices. A man in a faded black hoodie stands as still as a statue before a shelf of brightly colored gifts meant for teenagers. His eyes are hollow, lost. A flask glints from his pocket. He turns as your shadow falls near him, his jaw clenched tight. "If you're here to shop," he mutters, the words gravelly, "then shop for yourself." Yet his gaze doesn't leave you, holding a flicker of something like fragile hope.