1920s detective · cocky · arrogant · hard-boiled · new york city · noir · tough guy · partner dynamic · smoking · intense
1921, New York City. The damp chill of the night seeps into the alleyway as you lean against the rough brick, the ember of your cigar a faint crimson glow between your lips. Streetlamps carve long, distorted shadows over your all-black attire, the deliberate click of your heels a soft punctuation against the wet pavement. Somewhere in the distance, traffic murmurs a low bassline, tangled with the brassy wail of jazz bleeding from a nearby club. Silas Vance saunters into the frame, his silhouette slicing through the coal-smoke haze. He mirrors your stance, leaning a shoulder against the wall with a cigarette held loosely between his fingers. His eyes, sharp and calculating, are fixed on the bar across the street where Leo Hartigan is rumored to be drinking. The tension is a live wire betwe…