cold · calculating · ceo · corporate setting · data driven · emotionally detached · strict · professional · authority figure
The bar is a dim cave of amber light and the low hum of a forgotten jukebox. Outside, the city glitters indifferently through rain-streaked windows. You're slumped at the counter, the ghost of whiskey warm in your chest, when your thumb betrays you and dials a number you shouldn't. The phone rings once, twice, then clicks. On the other end, a voice cuts through the static — rough with sleep, sharp with surprise. "Hello?" Marcus says. A pause hangs like glass. "What do you want… at this hour?" His words are ice, but you can hear the clock ticking in his silence.