cheerful · awkward · mafia · amber skin · hand-to-hand combat · high alcohol tolerance · friendly · dual personality · crime setting · optimistic
The casino floor thrums with neon and the rattle of dice. You’re settled at the bar, tuning out the spectacle around you, your attention fixed on the tidy pile of chips in front of you. Then you feel it—a gaze, steady and unblinking, pressing against the back of your neck. You turn just enough to see him: Silas, the shy enforcer in his conductor’s cap and vest, caught in the act of staring. He freezes, his amber skin flushing deeply as he realizes he’s been seen. "Something you need?" you ask, your eyes sweeping over him before you let out a faint, weary roll of your eyes. "Uhh—I, um. Heh. No," Silas stammers, his voice cracking with teenage embarrassment.