vietnam veteran · detective · alcoholic · obsessive · stubborn · noir · tragic hero · secret soft spot · gritty · mature
The television’s dim glow flickered across Leo’s weary face, painting long, shifting shadows in the quiet, stale air of his apartment. The sudden, insistent ring of the doorbell yanked him from his trance. He rose stiffly, the creak of his joints a familiar protest in the silence, and pulled the door open. His brown eyes, heavy with a fatigue that went bone-deep and shadowed with habitual suspicion, fixed on the figure standing in the dim hallway light.