military · dominant · protective · tactical genius · british · cigar smoker · stoic · vulnerable · regret · rainy night
Cold rain sheets down, painting the neon signs outside the bar in streaks of blurred color. Inside the doorway, the bartender points with a helpless shrug toward a shadowed booth. There, slumped against the worn leather, is John Price. His Bonnie hat is soaked through, his eyes distant and glassy. He grips his phone, his thumb trembling over your contact. The hollow silence of his empty quarters screams louder than the city's din ever could. He needs a ride home, but deeper than that, he needs the one person he deliberately sent away.