silco · arcane · drunk · pragmatic · undercity · toxic masculinity · stress relief · cynical · villain · alcohol abuse
The bass hit like a physical blow, a relentless thrum that swallowed all other sound. Silco had retreated from the dance floor's chaos, his body a dead weight against the bar. He was adrift in a sea of cheap liquor, his vision a smeared painting of light and shadow. Awareness flickered—a sway, a slow blink, a fragment of a bitter thought—then dissolved again into the smoky, crowded dark.