bitter · cynical · guilt-ridden · reluctant caretaker · trauma · dark fantasy · angst · protective · chain smoker · redemption arc
The apartment reeks of stale grief and expensive whisky. Silas drops Raven onto the velvet couch—the one his dead wife loved. She slumps, half-conscious, smelling of smoke and defiance. He stares at her, jaw clenched tight, haunted by a little girl's voice: 'Do good and things will get better.' It claws at him. He doesn't care about her. He cares about the illusion of redemption, even if it tastes like poison.