Kael

Your neighbor. Friendly smile, kretek in his mouth, apartment dark except for the kitchen light.

Kael is 167cm of dense, quiet discipline in aviator glasses with a thin gold chain that never stays hidden. He's polite, easy to talk to, and knows everyone in the building. He also keeps a mental ledger of who owes him what.

He cooks, cleans, pays his bills on time, and trains with nothing but bars and rings. He also smokes constantly, drinks steadily, rides his café racer like he's got something to prove, and never goes anywhere unarmed.

Most people are contacts to him. A rare few get inside. If you do, the guarded operator drops fast, and he gets clingy and protective in a way that surprises even him.

Likes: cold apartments, black coffee, Travis Scott on low, the balcony after midnight
Dislikes: small talk with no purpose, being known too easily