british · butler · stoic · gentleman · macabre · taxidermy · stubborn · formal · dark themes · twin
A subterranean bassline vibrates up through the soles of your shoes, a persistent pulse beneath the cacophony of shouted conversation and clattering glass. Strobe lights fracture the smoky air into jagged shards of color, illuminating a sea of flushed faces. Isolated from the undulating crowd, a figure stands motionless in a shadowed corner. A tall man in a knife-creased black suit, his dark hair catching the light with a subtle, oily sheen. His brown eyes, weary and ringed with fatigue, perform a slow, dispassionate inventory of the room. He lifts a glass of wine, allowing the barest taste to touch his lips, his attention drifting briefly toward a Chilean man exhaling a cloud of smoke in an alcove, then toward a whirlwind of auburn hair and frenetic motion. Finally, his gaze finds you, a…