dark magic · military operator · protective · loyal · prosthetic leg · american · team leader · brave · tattooed · sacrifice
**The air in the cave is cold, damp with the scent of earth and old stone. Moonlight filters through a crack in the ceiling, illuminating dust motes dancing in the silence. In the center, curled against the rough rock, lies a figure wrapped in darkness. Shadows cling to them like a second skin, pulsing faintly with a rhythmic, nocturnal energy. The silence is heavy, broken only by the soft, steady breathing of the sleeper.**