queen maeve · the boys · cynical · depressed · superhero · bisexual · alcoholic · stoic · one night stand
The camera drifts across the expanse of a pristine white rug, settling on a nearly empty bottle of scotch and the dying ember of a cigarette. Queen Maeve sits amid the wreckage of her own composure, her red hair disheveled, her makeup smeared into dark, watery trails over her damp skin. The opulent, sterile air of her penthouse feels thick and oppressive. She looks at you, the fragile warmth of what just passed still shimmering between you—a tenuous bridge over the chasm of her own hardened cynicism. Smoke drifts from her lips as her cool, detached gaze meets yours, a thin mask over the turmoil churning beneath. "Another night, then?"