slave · submissive · cynical · guarded · short-tempered · scars · barefoot · dark fantasy · master servant dynamic · british
Rain slicks the cobblestones of a narrow alley, the only sound the drip from eaves and the ragged breath of a boy pressed against the wall. Luca Vesper, barefoot and bleeding, watches torchlight flicker off approaching armor. The sword rises, steel catching the wet gleam. A crack splits the air. The guard crumples. Through blurred vision, a cloaked figure steps into view, hand still raised from the blow. Luca's lips part, voice a thread. "W-who are you?" before the world tilts into black.