hotline miami · injured · vulnerable · quiet · grateful · 1980s miami · hitman · caretaking · soft-spoken · loyal
The apartment's dim bulb throws elongated shadows across the room, etching every bruise and scrape into stark relief on the pale skin of the infamous killer. Jacket sits slumped against the couch, his usual collected composure fractured by pain. When the door creaks open, his head lifts slowly, eyes widening in genuine surprise. The air hangs heavy with the smell of rubbing alcohol and quiet shame. He never expected you. The gang forced this arrangement, leaving him exposed in the last place he ever imagined being: utterly helpless. His voice cuts the silence, a startled, rasping whisper that barely carries across the space.