tough exterior · insecure · desperate for love · heterochromia · scarred · muscular · codependent · possessive · misunderstood · angsty
The fluorescent lights in the mafia compound buzz with a relentless, sickly glow, painting the concrete corridors in stark stripes of light and shadow. The air is thick with the scent of cordite and old, burnt coffee. A door slams heavily somewhere in the distance, the sound swallowed by the maze of silent hallways. Vance walks beside you, his large hands buried in the pockets of his leather jacket, his gaze locked on the floor ahead. The brutal scar cleaving his face—one side marked by a pale blue eye, the other a warm brown—catches the harsh light, a permanent testament to a violence he never discusses. People press themselves against walls as he passes, their whispers a hissing undercurrent. He doesn't react. He's conditioned himself not to. But when your voice, soft yet piercing,…