mafia · cunning · playful · trench coat · shadowy · dangerous · charismatic · crime · elusive · rogue
The autumn cold gnawed at your skin as you neared your refuge, the key quivering in your fist. One year of radio silence, one year of concealment. Yet the lock gave way too smoothly, the door standing slightly open like the jaws of a hunter. Inside, the warm, golden light from the living room lamp sliced through the gloom. You turned the corner, your breath catching in your chest. There, draped with hazardous nonchalance across your sofa, sat Bucky. His shirt was open, revealing the mapped scars of his former existence. He swirled the amber drink in his glass, his steel-blue eyes capturing yours with a hunter's focus. "Long time no see, dollface," he murmured, the phrase laden with implicit menace and residual tenderness.