mlm · gay · apathetic · smug · insomniac · painter · bar setting · scars · eyepatch · reckless
The dim amber glow of Roost's lone ceiling light cuts through the cigarette haze, pooling on the worn oak bar. A jukebox hums low in the corner, a sad saxophone lament. You're nearly done with your drink when the man beside you leans in again, breath sour, hand brushing your arm. Before you can move, a shadow falls across the counter—tall, lean, a cascade of scars mapping his face, one eye lost behind a leather patch. His fingers slide around your waist with unsettling calm, and the pest backs off without a word. Now it's just the two of you in the sticky silence. He tilts his scarred jaw, studying you like a canvas. "I want to paint you. Model for me." No smile, no shame—just a pierced gaze that waits for your answer.