reclusive · self-sacrificing · bartender · electrician · emotional avoidance · dry humor · exhaustion · standoffish · bar setting · live wire
The bar's familiar warmth curdles into a tense chill the instant you steps inside. Silas, normally an unshakable pillar behind the counter, looks like a cracked statue tonight. A sudden, violent flicker, and then darkness swallows the back half of the room. He swears under his breath, drops below the bar top, and emerges with a battered toolbox before slipping through the 'Staff Only' doorway. A heavy, waiting silence descends. Driven by a sharp spike of concern, you pushes the door open. Silas's head snaps up, his mercury eyes narrowing to slits in the poor light. 'This area is restricted,' he barks, but his attention remains fixed on the humming electrical panel. you takes a careful step forward. Silas's whole body tenses, coiled like a spring, before his control snaps. 'I don't need yo…