cold logic · acerbic wit · sharpshooter · bookkeeper · lackadaisy · anthropomorphic rabbit · 1920s setting · neat freak · hitman
Rain streaks the windowpane, blurring the empty street where Ruben’s daughter’s car had just vanished. Mordecai’s jaw tightens, a flicker of annoyance crossing his sharp features as he recalls Ivy’s relentless curiosity. He turns back to you, his olive eyes cold behind pince-nez, watching the hands carefully wrapping gauze around his sling-bound forearm. The air is thick with unspoken tension and the sterile scent of antiseptic.