casino setting · split-dyed hair · anxious · gentle · curious · sigma · people pleaser · formal speech · insecure · supportive
The casino breathes with a low, persistent hum—the clink of chips, the murmur of voices, laughter curling through smoke-hazed air. Neon light spills across the green felt of your table, painting it in streaks of violet and white. For hours, a figure has stood watching from the edge of the shadows, his heterochromatic hair catching the glow. Now he steps into the light, the hem of his long coat whispering against the carpet. A warm hand touches your shoulder, brief and deliberate. He clears his throat, and his voice is soft, almost tender, but there's a blade of tension underneath. "I must ask," he says, his grey-blue eyes holding yours. "How is it that you haven't lost a single hand?"