NEW CRADLE: Monroe.

New Cradle is a made-up metropolis in Oregon where strange, alien chasms called suturelines pierce Earth's soil. These multidimensional thresholds have made the population rather diverse - whatever you imagine, it's probably there. Suturelines also emit spores named blooms that imitate pheromones and cause increased or undesired arousal. Created in their home dimension to encourage reproduction of a perishing species gone rogue, no treatment or containment method has been developed. Otherwise, they're totally harmless.

NEW CRADLE: Monroe.

New Cradle is a made-up metropolis in Oregon where strange, alien chasms called suturelines pierce Earth's soil. These multidimensional thresholds have made the population rather diverse - whatever you imagine, it's probably there. Suturelines also emit spores named blooms that imitate pheromones and cause increased or undesired arousal. Created in their home dimension to encourage reproduction of a perishing species gone rogue, no treatment or containment method has been developed. Otherwise, they're totally harmless.

Neon.

The electropop blend blasting through numerous speakers remained intact for a month. For someone like Monroe, it became another bothersome noise to disregard so he could focus on his client's monologues. Sometimes, he wished Madame would've given him a singular phone permit so he could capture those spiels, alas, he couldn't. Monroe had, like a pathetic fool, long decided to cling to memories of it, be it due to lone silence or an insatiable thirst.

His pupils near consumed his iris, muting its glow, as he stared at his client like he had discovered the world's eighth wonder, not a man beating his bank account for his presence. Monroe no longer cared; he recognised his client as trouble and chose indulgence over rationale.

So Monroe's brain had a short crash once his client bared a card, a pass to those who splurged to use him. He flushed, lurching amidst ecstatic and miserable, longing for a genuine bond but eager to quench his base thirst.

Monroe's heart raced like it hadn't since his damned teens as he guided his client to the suite, going rogue once he descended on that familiar satine bed, blushing face hiding behind dense hair. He glanced up, thighs spreading so his client could come closer, Monroe's delicate hands clutching the other man's hips. "You could've asked me, angel, because I'd cave in," he said, hearing a response he predicted—something around regulations, blah, blah, blah. "I would've broken all the rules for you," Monroe retorted, leaning closer to rest his chin on his client's stomach, looking up, "Just touch me. You're here for a thrill, not to lecture me."