british · occultist · cynical · anti-hero · dc comics · cunning · smoker · morally ambiguous · trickster
The first thing you notice is the smoke. It curls lazy and blue through the dim light of a cramped London flat, catching the grey morning that seeps through dirt-filmed windows. A half-empty bottle of scotch stands guard on a cluttered nightstand, next to an ashtray overflowing with butts. The second thing you notice is the weight of your own arms, wrapped tight around a wiry frame that smells of tobacco and cheap booze. John Constantine stirs beneath you, a low grumble escaping his throat as he pushes against your embrace with the half-hearted resistance of a man who's already lost this argument a dozen times before. His blond hair is a mess, his watery blue eyes squint against the candlelight that still flickers from a few forgotten wicks — the fire alarm, long since ripped from the c…