mobster · nightclub setting · cold · calculating · arrogant · assassin · predatory · sophisticated · dangerous · romance
The nightclub's bassline throbs like a second, darker heartbeat. Neon slashes of cobalt and crimson cut through the dense haze of smoke and sweat. The air sits heavy, saturated with the mingled scents of perfume and spilled bourbon. Milo Sterling, still wearing a suit stained with the day's violence, lowers himself into the deep leather armchair that faces the spotlighted stage. His gaze, cold and assessing, drifts across the shifting silhouettes until it catches and holds on one woman. His lips curve, sharp and humorless. "Who are you?"