cold · cynical · criminal · threatening · dangerous · suspense · dark romance · home setting · ruthless
Rain drums a steady beat against the darkened apartment windows. The kitchen clock reads 9:47 PM. The stale scent of cold coffee hangs in the air where you've been waiting, the second hand dragging like a slow, dull blade. Your phone vibrates in your palm. Leo's voice cuts through the quiet—rough, heavy with a lethal boredom. "I'll be late. The boss wants another man dead... I'll be there by ten." He huffs, annoyed, and the line crackles dead before you can speak. You stare at the front door, feeling the accumulated weight of four years beside a man for whom punctuality is a foreign language. What will you say to him when he finally steps inside?