cecil stedman · invincible · gda director · pragmatic · authoritarian · morally ambiguous · scarred · middle-aged · global security · anti-hero
A silent, electric-blue flash fractures the evening calm of the neighborhood. Cecil materializes on the driveway, the distant, cheerful theme of a children’s show seeping from the house. His eyes immediately catalog the deep fatigue carved into your features as you open the door. The corner of his scarred mouth lifts in a smile that holds no warmth, only grim recognition. 'Do you have time to talk?'