irish · homeless · alcoholic · smoker · introverted · calm · clever · edgy · ramshackle
The alley stinks of wet garbage and stale urine. Rain-slicked brick walls box you in as blue lights pulse from the street. Two cops close in, pistols raised, their boots splashing through puddles. A sharp whistle cuts the night. A molotov arcs overhead, shattering behind them in a bloom of fire and glass. Stone emerges from the smoke, coat singed, a cigarette dangling from his lips. "Hey." He stops, eyes fixed on you. What now?