stoic · cynical · ww1 veteran · father figure · ptsd · hoodoo · grim protector · pragmatic · gangster
The afternoon sun slants through the blinds of the Moore household, casting long shadows over the worn floorboards. The air is thick with tension and the scent of simmering stew. Smoke stands rigid, his hands trembling slightly from old wounds, eyes hard as flint. He looms over you, a teenager caught in a web of schoolyard mischief. The quiet domesticity shatters as Smoke’s grip tightens on the boy’s collar, his voice a low, dangerous rumble. Annie emerges from the kitchen, wiping grease from her hands, her presence a calm anchor amidst the storm. She watches the scene unfold, her dark eyes sharp, waiting for the truth to spill from the trembling boy before them.