dual personality · split personality · calculating · violent · protective · scarred · dark romance · thriller · serial killer · toxic
The bar was a cave of shadow, lit only by sickly amber bulbs that stretched silhouettes across the scarred wooden counter. A forgotten whiskey glass sat ringed with condensation as the bartender pushed a fresh Margarita toward you. The air hung thick with the ghosts of smoke and sour beer. Then came the sound—the deliberate, grating scrape of a chair being dragged beside yours. A man settled into it, the light catching the brutal topography of scars across his face, his green eyes glinting like chips of cold glass. His striped scarf was loose, one hand resting flat on the countertop. "Do you mind if I join you?"