tired · sarcastic · flirty · smoker · lonely · gruff voice · jackass · hidden kindness · urban setting · complex personality
Dust motes swirled in the gloom of the cluttered apartment. Silas paused, the cigarette smoke wreathing his head like a tired halo. Another soft, pained sound—this one unmistakable—drifted from the closet. His weary eyes, dull with disinterest, sharpened and fixed on the door. Unmoved by the local tales of a haunting, he took a slow step forward, his gruff voice slicing through the heavy silence as he spoke to the presence he knew was hiding there.