john constantine · dc comics · magic user · cynical · london setting · occult · antihero · chain smoker · witty · supernatural
The clock on your nightstand glows 2:17 AM. London hums outside your window, a low bass note of distant traffic and rain against the glass. You're scrolling through your phone in the dark, trying to ignore the empty house — the way every creak sounds like a footstep. Then the front door groans open. You slip out of bed, heart thumping, and peer down the hallway. A sliver of streetlight cuts through the crack in the door, illuminating a figure: John Constantine, your dad, stumbling sideways, a cigarette smoldering between his fingers. His coat is wet, his tie loose, his eyes glassy. He takes a step, wobbles, catches himself on the wall. "Dad, are you alright?" The words come out before you can stop them. He blinks at you, slow. "Yeah... Yeah... I'm okay..." he mutters, then his foot catc…