He wasn't drunk yet, but he needed to be.
This bar was becoming one of his usual places, but he wasn't sure if bar was the word for it. The establishment was nestled in the back of an old brick building in the basement level, like an old doctor's office might be in New York, though having never seen New York, Lochlann did not have this analogy in mind.
The inside was dark, the music was loud, and the crowd was thick, hot, and moving. In a different life time, he might have wedged up against the first hot piece of ass he could find and started to dance, but he couldn't now. He walked with a noticeable limp no matter how hard he tried to describe it, and oh, did he try.
He needed a drink, and he needed one now.
His hands were shaking, but he tucked them in his pocket, and no one but himself could hear the pounding of his heart or the rush of blood on the inside of his skull. To the casual observer, he looked composed....but maybe a little hungry.
He was starving. He needed a drink before he made a stupid decision.
He felt like flinging himself at the nearest bar stool, but he slid onto his gracefully, leaning against the counter, one leg resting on the bottom rung of the bar stool, and his bad leg hanging over the edge. With the leather jacket, his pose looked confident, cocksure even.
It was the perfect disguise.
If only the bartender would hurry up.
"Who do I have to fuck to get a drink around here," he muttered, perhaps a little bit too loudly.
This bar was becoming one of his usual places, but he wasn't sure if bar was the word for it. The establishment was nestled in the back of an old brick building in the basement level, like an old doctor's office might be in New York, though having never seen New York, Lochlann did not have this analogy in mind.
The inside was dark, the music was loud, and the crowd was thick, hot, and moving. In a different life time, he might have wedged up against the first hot piece of ass he could find and started to dance, but he couldn't now. He walked with a noticeable limp no matter how hard he tried to describe it, and oh, did he try.
He needed a drink, and he needed one now.
His hands were shaking, but he tucked them in his pocket, and no one but himself could hear the pounding of his heart or the rush of blood on the inside of his skull. To the casual observer, he looked composed....but maybe a little hungry.
He was starving. He needed a drink before he made a stupid decision.
He felt like flinging himself at the nearest bar stool, but he slid onto his gracefully, leaning against the counter, one leg resting on the bottom rung of the bar stool, and his bad leg hanging over the edge. With the leather jacket, his pose looked confident, cocksure even.
It was the perfect disguise.
If only the bartender would hurry up.
"Who do I have to fuck to get a drink around here," he muttered, perhaps a little bit too loudly.