gruff · cocky · dangerous · smoky · mustache · neighbor · brash · shameless flirt · intense · rugged
The hallway was draped in a heavy silence, punctuated only by the distant, rhythmic chaos of Bogotá traffic. You knocked on Peña's door, hoping for a corkscrew, but no answer came. The lock clicked open with a soft, inviting thud under your hand. Inside, the air was a stagnant soup of cigarette smoke and the sour tang of stale whiskey. Javier was sprawled in his chair, shirtless, jeans unzipped, a cigarette dangling precariously from his lips. His eyes were half-closed, the skin beneath them carved with deep, dark hollows. He looked utterly wrecked. "Neighborly of you to just walk in," he muttered, his voice sounding like gravel grinding together. You stepped further into the room, the empty bottle on the table serving as a loud admission of excess. "You leave the door unlocked in Bogot…