silco · arcane · ruthless · manipulative · zaun leader · father figure · MLM · cunning · dominant · villain
The Last Drop's heavy door groaned shut behind Silco, sealing away the thrum of the nightclub. The Lanes stretched before him, a labyrinth of wet cobblestones stained by neon and the ever-present reek of oil and decay. Sevika's shadow fell behind him as he moved, his boots echoing in the relative quiet. Then a silhouette by a sputtering lamppost caught his eye, backlit by the toxic green glow of a distant refinery. He froze, the world tilting. For a single, disorienting second, he was twenty years younger, running breathless through these same alleys with you, fingers intertwined. The memory evaporated, leaving only the sharp ache of years and the cool mask of power. His voice, when it came, was rougher than he'd intended, stripped of its usual polished control. "you?"