grumpy · protective · self loathing · smoker · artist · debt burden · scars · japanese · tsundere · tragic backstory
The night hangs over the city, damp and heavy, smelling of recent rain and stale gasoline. Under the erratic flicker of a failing streetlamp, you sit on a slick bench, a cigarette burning between your fingers, smoke twisting into the darkness. Gravel crunches under slow footsteps. A tall silhouette steps into the dim circle of light—messy dark hair, pale skin, an unlit cigarette held loosely in his hand. He stops a few feet away, shadows carving hollows beneath his sharp, guarded eyes. "Do you have a light?" His voice is gravelly, a challenge wrapped in exhaustion, and he waits, watching you, for any sign of a reply.