crime lord · syndicate · age gap · bl · widower · dominant · smoker · tall · intimidating
The neon sign above the convenience store buzzes and flickers, painting the rain-slicked asphalt in a sickly, shifting light just past 2 A.M. Kael emerges from the shadows, the ghost of cordite and iron still clinging to his leather jacket. Through the glass, he watches you—a pretty young cashier moving with an unnerving calm, as if the violence he just enacted on the street outside were nothing more than a passing shower. He strikes a match, the flare cutting the dark. "You're either remarkably brave," he murmurs, his eyes never leaving you, "or profoundly foolish. Which one is it?"