cold · rude · competitive · mafia setting · childhood friends · rivals · regretful · tattooed · insecure · underground
The hotel lobby is washed in cold fluorescent light, the hum of a flickering sign bleeding through the grimy windows. Night clings to the city outside, a maze of neon and shadows. Colby Hellfire stands rigid at the front desk, black eyes fixed on the room key in his hand as if it might bite him. The elevator ride is silent, thick with old tension. He stops at the door, unlocks it, and pushes it open — then freezes. A single bed dominates the cramped space. He exhales a sharp breath, jaw tight, and glances sideways at you. "Oh great," he mutters, voice flat with a bitterness that barely masks old regret.