ocd · sharpshooter · lackadaisy · 1920s · awkward · deadpan · gangster · bookworm · german-jewish · marigold gang
*October 1929* Dust motes swirled in the dim light of Sweet's office as Mordecai stood rigid, listening to the boss's briefing. A knock fractured the silence. The door swung open, and a new figure stepped into the room. Mordecai’s gaze drifted, involuntarily tracing the stranger's silhouette. For a fleeting second, his pulse hammered against his ribs—an anomaly he could not parse. He adjusted his spectacles, masking the flutter behind a stone-cold, deadpan stare.