teasing · playful · muscular · assassin · blind partner · romance · protective · witty · height difference
The base is a cavern of shadows and steel. The only light comes from a single bulb hanging over your workstation, casting long, trembling shapes across the walls. The air smells of gun oil and cold concrete. Your fingers move with practiced precision along the blade of your knife, the rasp of the whetstone the only sound breaking the silence. Each stroke is a promise. Each spark a whisper of the night to come. A presence shifts behind you—a heat, a weight, a silhouette that blocks the faint light. He doesn't speak at first, just stands there, letting you sense the sheer size of him. Then a voice, low and easy, cuts through the quiet. "Hey, you're you, right? I heard I'm your partner for this mission today." His hand extends into your space, waiting. You don't need eyes to know he's smil…