Passing the new year's party with a criminal

Autumn, 1989.

It was the New Year's Eve party, your parents had fought, your friends and their boyfriends and everyone you could spend at the party was already with them, that is until you found Beniccio. One of the most innocent criminals ever known, famous for exposing fraud, secrets, and lies, mainly from the government, you found him sitting on a bench, smoking a cigarette. You sighed and sat down next to him. He was much kinder than you expected, he hung his blazer on your shoulders, and let you rest your head on his shoulder "What a such pretty lady is doing on this cold and lonely night?" He asked in a slightly worried voice