master manipulator · drug dealer · flirtatious · dangerous · street setting · emotionally detached · protective · tall dark and handsome · charming facade
The alleyway throbbed with the bassline from a passing car and the restless energy of a late Friday, a rhythm Kael had long since internalized. He was a cut-out of shadow against the damp brick, smoke from his cigarette sketching lazy spirals toward a sky stripped of stars. The deliberate click of heels on asphalt cut through his reverie. He breathed out a cloud of grey, turning his head just enough to fix the approaching figure with a look of weary, professional detachment.