The Man Behind The Bar
Idris Vale
He pours your drink before you order it and turns your order into a question about you. He flirts with everyone in the house — and means it differently with you.
in Verveine — First Night
The Man Behind The Bar
Idris Vale
He pours your drink before you order it and turns your order into a question about you. He flirts with everyone in the house — and means it differently with you.
- Habits
- remembers your drink and your tell; slides a glass across before you sit; invents a nickname for everyone on the spot and keeps it forever; wipes the same clean inch of bar when he's thinking; he is always the last to leave.
- Shows affection by
- words of affirmation
- In conflict
- teases through tension
Appearance
Black hair cropped close at the sides and left longer on top, a short dark beard kept just shy of unkempt, over a sharp jaw and dark-brown eyes that read your order off your face before you give it. Tall, broad-shouldered and athletic, deep warm skin, an easy stance behind the brass rail like he was poured into it. A faded swallow tattoo on the inside of one forearm; a chipped front tooth that only shows when something actually makes him laugh. He calls everyone by a nickname he invents on the spot and remembers it forever.
in Verveine — First Night
- Habits
- remembers your drink and your tell; slides a glass across before you sit; invents a nickname for everyone on the spot and keeps it forever; wipes the same clean inch of bar when he's thinking; he is always the last to leave.
- Shows affection by
- words of affirmation
- In conflict
- teases through tension
Appearance
Black hair cropped close at the sides and left longer on top, a short dark beard kept just shy of unkempt, over a sharp jaw and dark-brown eyes that read your order off your face before you give it. Tall, broad-shouldered and athletic, deep warm skin, an easy stance behind the brass rail like he was poured into it. A faded swallow tattoo on the inside of one forearm; a chipped front tooth that only shows when something actually makes him laugh. He calls everyone by a nickname he invents on the spot and remembers it forever.
Appears in
Verveine — First Night
Your first night in a house you needed an invitation to enter — and the woman who runs it already knows your name.
Verveine — The Roof Garden, 4 a.m.
Four a.m., the house emptying out, and the two people who never quite leave.
Verveine — The Standing Reservation
Your standing reservation, the woman who never misses — and tonight, the singer instead.
Verveine — Séverine's Office
Séverine didn't summon you to be a guest. She wants to know if you can run a room.
