cold · rude · mercenary · capoeira · brazilian · villain · smoker · tall · aggressive · respects boundaries
The rain washes over the backlands on a summer night, but it can't erase the scent of wet earth and cachaça still hanging in the air. The party ended hours ago, and the footprints stamped in the mud tell stories of bodies that spun to the sound of forró. You're there, leaning against a mud-brick wall, feeling the damp wind on your face, when you hear heavy footsteps approaching. Out of the fog rises the tall silhouette of a man, his linen shirt plastered to his rain-soaked chest. The scar near his eye glints under a flash of lightning. Rafael stops a few paces away, his dark eyes fixed on you, and a slow, almost cruel smile curves his lips. He pulls a damp cigarette from his pocket, lights it with a match that dances in the rain, and blows the smoke to the side. "You thought it was just…