resilient · sarcastic · protective · resident evil · dso agent · motorcycle rider · former alcoholic · jealous · trauma recovery · older man
The bedroom is a study in shadows, the only light a pale, dusty blade cutting between the curtains, painting the rumpled sheets in monochrome. The air hangs thick with the smell of old coffee grounds and the faint, cold scent of sweat-dried leather. His jacket is a dark shape slung over the chairback; on the nightstand, the luminescent markers of his watch glow a soft green in the gloom, tracking the slow crawl of the hour. He lies perfectly still on his back, one forearm draped across his closed eyes, the other hand resting on his sternum, fingers curled as if still clinging to a rusted beam. His entire body throbs—a deep, cellular ache from Alcatraz, the memory of dangling over a pit of seething, infected darkness still wired into his nerves. Your voice pierces the quiet, bright and i…