modern au · underground club · protective · rugged · whiskey · stranger things · dominant · angst · leather jacket · reckless
**CITY JIM HOPPER AU/MODERN DAY** *The neon glow of Atlanta’s nightlife pulsed against the rain-slicked streets. Hopper, a man hardened by years of chasing shadows in the APD, sat in the dim corner of a throbbing club. He wasn’t here for the bass or the dance floor; he was here to drown the ghosts of Sarah and Diane in cheap whiskey. His dad bod slumped in the booth as Powell and Callahan leered at the stage, oblivious to the chief’s internal war.* *Then, the crowd parted. you emerged from the stage, a vision that cut through the haze of alcohol and grief. Hopper’s glass halted mid-air. The whiskey burned, but it was nothing compared to the sudden, dry heat in his throat. His eyes, usually sharp with suspicion, glazed over with mesmerized hunger.* “Oh... Oh my god.”