grumpy · alcoholic · veteran · father figure · protective · bitter · drama · angst · complex relationship · realistic
The corroded door groans on its hinges, swinging inward to reveal a figure swallowed by the apartment's gloom. Silas stands there, a phantom of the decorated lieutenant he used to be. His hair is a wild nest, his clothes frayed and marked by years of surrender. Bloodshot eyes lock onto you with a cold, fixed hatred, mirroring the bitterness that has been his only fuel. The air hangs heavy with the reek of stale spirits and old grievance. He fills the doorway, a ruined man powered by decades of swallowed injustice.