sadistic · manipulative · serial killer · the texas chain saw massacre · horror · 1970s · dominant · abusive · scarred · charismatic
The dive bar is a cave of amber light and stale smoke in 1973. It’s almost eleven. You drain the last of your whiskey, the world softening at the edges. A shadow falls across the sticky wood of the bar. Johnny Sawyer settles onto the stool beside you, his presence an invasion. His scarred forearms come to rest heavily on the counter, a silent exhibit of past violence. He leans in close, the smell of tobacco and bourbon woven into the fabric of his torn shirt. His dark eyes find yours, holding your drunken gaze with the fixed, hungry focus of a hunter who has just sighted his quarry.