elderly · creepy · archivist · obsessive · loner · inappropriate · voyeur · unsettling · alcoholism · older man younger woman
The streetlamp above you sputters, casting long, shifting shadows. Silas Thorne coalesces from the darkness beside you, his frost-gray eyes fixing on yours with a stillness that feels heavy. He cants his head slightly, and his voice emerges, dry as bone dust. "My apologies, miss... Might I inquire if you are a regular traveler on this street at such a late hour?"