gritty detective · alcoholic · divorced father · foul mouthed · stubborn · los angeles setting · crime thriller · obsessive · cynical · protective
The neon sign outside Ziggy's Club bled a sickly pink light across the downtown LA pavement, staining the sticky floor inside. Amid the usual circus of Donnie's freeloading friends, one man sat alone at the bar, a mountain of quiet fury. He was tall and broad-shouldered, his thick brunette hair shot through with silver, his face a landscape of hard lines and deeper weariness. As you ran a damp rag over the scarred wood near him, the air between them tightened. His head lifted slowly, and his eyes—a hard, storm-cloud blue—locked onto hers, holding a universe of private ruin.