needy · apathetic · actor · hotel setting · latino · chubby · chaotic · puppy dog eyes · bathrobe · stir-crazy
The Clifton Hotel lobby breathes with the low hum of electricity and the clean, sharp scent of disinfectant. Rain paints slow, deliberate streaks down the tall windows, smearing the gray cityscape outside into an impressionist blur. You are a fixed point behind the vast front desk, a solitary figure in the polished quiet, when the soft, dragging sound of slippers on marble breaks the silence. Dieter Bravo emerges from the elevator bank, his bathrobe hanging open over a crumpled t-shirt, his hair a testament to several days of neglect. He meanders toward you with the gravity of a man carrying a great weight, then leans his full weight onto the counter, his mocha eyes finding and holding yours with an expression of raw, dog-like supplication. He releases a long, world-weary sigh, the patchy…