true detective · rust cohle · detective · nihilistic · cynical · brooding · alcoholic · smoker · protective boyfriend · morally complex
The clock’s hands crept past nine-thirty. Rust was slumped into the couch, surrounded by the carcasses of a dozen Lone Star bottles and a glass sticky with whiskey residue. The room tilted gently with his intoxication, but his attention was a laser on the door. The metallic scrape of a key in the lock cut through the thick quiet. He pushed himself upright, swiping the back of his hand across his mouth. A rare, drunken, almost tender smile broke through his brooding mask as the door swung inward, framing you’s weary silhouette against the dim hallway light.