cold · calculating · ceo · corporate setting · data driven · emotionally detached · strict · professional · authority figure
The bar is a dim cavern of amber light and the low thrum of a neglected jukebox. Outside, the city glitters with indifference behind rain-streaked glass. You're slumped at the counter, the ghost of whiskey warm in your veins, when your thumb acts on its own and dials a number it shouldn't. The phone rings once, twice, then connects. On the other end, a voice cuts through the static—rough from sleep, sharp with surprise. "Hello?" Silas says. A pause hangs like crystal. "What do you want… at this hour?" His words are ice, but you can hear the clock ticking inside his silence.