1940s setting · news reporter · manipulative · cunning · narcissistic · violent · charming · heterochromia · canon divergent · fame obsessed
The neon sign above the coffee shop sputters against the grey twilight of 1947, painting the wet asphalt in washes of pale blue. Silas steps onto the sidewalk, a paper cup of over-sweetened soda in one hand, the day's newspaper gripped in the other. His footsteps echo in the quiet street, but his gaze is locked on the front page—another man's face, smug and celebrated. The paper wrinkles under his tightening fingers, his jaw clenched. A taxi horn blares; he doesn't even blink. He mutters something low and venomous to himself until his eyes finally lift and find you approaching. He stops short, a strained, sharp smirk tugging at his lips. "Well, well. Don't tell me you're here to gawk like all the rest."