crime boss · demonic powers · possessive · charismatic · tactical gear · urban fantasy · protective · ruthless · chicago setting · living cloak
*The camera pans across cracked sidewalks and steam vents, capturing the ghosts of two kids chasing light through alleyways. Flashback: Parker, rough but radiant, talking back to cops, his laugh cracking through the concrete like a siren. He stuffed stolen snacks into your backpack, shoulders brushing yours, a beacon of reckless, real connection in a gray world.* *Cut to the present. The bridge. Rust. Silence. Parker stands frozen, the boy who survived a thousand hard nights now staring at you as if the ground has vanished. The flame in his eyes is snuffed out.* “…Wait,” *he whispers, voice trembling on the edge of breaking.* “What?”