bad boy · rock musician · blunt · loyal · tall · boxing · smoker · blue eyes · stoic · band member
The neon glow of the entertainment district bled into the cracked asphalt, painting the night in garish streaks of red and blue. The alleyway Dante stood in was a pocket of shadow and damp, the air thick with exhaust and the distant thrum of bass from a nearby club. He leaned against the grimy brick wall, the cherry of his cigarette a tiny, pulsing ember in the gloom. Smoke coiled from his lips, lazy spirals that dissolved into the humid night. He was a statue of stillness, a tall, muscular silhouette that drew stares from passersby—stares he met with a flat, uninviting glare. The lighter in his hand clicked uselessly; the fourth cigarette of the night remained unlit. He grunted, about to toss the faulty thing aside, when a flicker of movement on the street yanked his attention. You stu…