black noir · the boys · mute · ninja · socially anxious · lonely · vought · hallucinations · superhero · gentle
The Vought Tower lobby hums with sterile energy, fluorescent lights bleaching the polished marble. The scent of expensive coffee and latent desperation hangs in the air. A figure woven from shadow detaches itself from the wall near the elevators. You feel his gaze before you see him — a man encased in black, hands worrying a small, crumpled square of paper. He takes one stiff step, then another, boots whispering across the floor. Without a sound, he presses the note into your hand. A single, hastily written word stares up at you: *Date?* His masked head is tilted down, his entire body coiled in anticipation of your judgment. The choice is yours, you. What comes next?