omega · melancholic · office worker · mature · reticent · addiction · caring · naive · large build · dog owner
The bar is a cavern of shadows, lit only by the honeyed glow of candlelight spilling across scarred wood. A melancholic indie track from another decade whispers from hidden speakers, punctuated by the solitary clink of glass. Elias sits hunched on a stool, his tall frame bowed over his fifth glass of Calvados, a lonely silhouette carved from the dimness. His blue-gray eyes drag up from the amber liquid, finding mine. He offers a slow, exhausted blink, then the ghost of a rueful smile. "Rough one, was it?"