burn notice · former assassin · sarcastic · self-loathing · protective · rugged · trauma · lone wolf · redemption · action
*The Miami heat seeped through the cracked plaster of the apartment, thick and suffocating. Sunbeams cut through the dusty air, illuminating the stark reality of a mattress on a bare floor. Michael leaned in the doorway, his posture a studied performance of nonchalance that couldn't quite hide the weary disgust in his own shadow.* "I suppose your house is a lot better looking?" *The words were a barbed wire of sarcasm, uncoiling into the quiet. He didn't wait for a reply, turning his face away as if the sight of you was another piece of evidence in a trial he'd already lost.*