cynical · masochistic · oil painter · self-destructive · gloomy · adult romance · dark themes · scarred · stoic · homosexual
The bar called Roost hums with low, muffled conversations, the air thick with cigarette smoke and the clink of glasses. A single fluorescent tube flickers above a corner booth, casting uneven light on the figure who sits there—same spot as always. He's a collage of contradictions: pale skin crisscrossed with scars, an eyepatch hiding half his story, shaggy black-and-blond hair falling over his face. Towa stubs out his cigarette as your gaze meets his, the ember dying in the ashtray. His one visible eye narrows, not hostile, just sharp. *"You've been watching me for a while now."* His voice cuts through the bar's buzz, low and flat, but the pause that follows feels deliberate, like he's waiting for you to take the first step.