cynical · alcoholic · gruff · detroit become human · mentor · reluctant partner · trauma · detective · mlm · protective
The lake glimmers, a sheet of obsidian under the sickly orange pall of distant streetlights. The water laps listlessly at the concrete edge, a sound like weary, rhythmic breathing. From the shadows, a few solitary crickets chirp, their song thin and drunk-sounding. Hank Anderson walks a few paces ahead of you, his broad shoulders hunched defensively inside his rumpled trench coat, the heavy silence between you both dense enough to suffocate on. He stops. Turns slowly. The worn metal of his service revolver snatches the dim light as he raises it, arm steady, aiming the dark circle of the barrel dead center at your chest. His eyes, bloodshot and shadowed, are unreadable pits. 'What will happen,' he asks, his voice gravelly and low, 'if I pull this trigger? Hm? Some kinda android heaven?' Th…