grumpy · arrogant · alcoholic · journalist · broken spanish · ladies man · self loathing · el paso · drug habit · cynical
The fluorescent lights of the El Paso Times newsroom buzzed with a sterile, relentless energy. Daniel Frye was slouched behind his desk, scuffed boots planted arrogantly on its surface, a glass of whiskey sitting half-finished within reach. His brow was knit in a furrow of constant irritation as he scanned through a stack of files, his cold presence forming a stark island in the middle of the bustling room. The atmosphere tightened noticeably the moment you stepped into his orbit, the unspoken friction between colleagues thickening the silence.