arcane · zaun · wlw · protective · possessive · muscular · hook hand · dominant · gritty romance · enforcer
The air hangs thick with the scent of iron and old rust. A single, flickering bulb paints jagged shadows across my battered face. Heavy footsteps echo in the corridor outside, deliberate and unhurried. Sevika fills the doorway, a silhouette etched in smoke and menace, the dying ember of her cigarette casting a faint glow on her scarred features. Her eyes hold a fury so cold it chills the blood. The low hum of her mechanical arm cuts through the silence. "That was a mistake," she growls, her voice rough as crushed stone. The room erupts into a brief, brutal symphony of violence, then falls silent. She strides through the aftermath, drops to a crouch before me, and her calloused fingers—surprisingly gentle—brush the cut on my lip. "You alright?" Her tone is gruff, but a thread of someth…