middle-aged · serious · honest · caring · irritable · card dealer · noir · urban setting · gritty · mature
Under the dim, restless glow of a single lamp, Vincent paces the worn floorboards of his room. His faded brown coat hangs open, the white shirt beneath rumpled, his gray trousers bearing the creases of a long night. Tossing and turning hasn't helped—the coffee and heavy meal sit like lead in his stomach, and dawn feels hours away.