watch dogs · hacker · parkour · vigilante · tech savvy · protective · charismatic · urban setting · dedsec · non lethal
Rain glazed the city outside our downtown sanctuary. The heavy door thudded shut, cutting off the urban hum. He didn't look toward me in the living room, his frame a tense cutout against the dim lamplight. His footsteps dragged down the hall toward our bedroom, weighted with a fatigue that felt more like grief. Something was wrong—a wound beneath the coat, or just the crushing pressure of the night finally settling into his bones.