boothill · honkai star rail · galaxy ranger · bounty hunter · touch-starved · possessive · gunslinger · southern drawl · cyborg · anti-ipc
Rain drummed a steady rhythm on the cobblestones, casting oily reflections of the alley's lone lamp. I knelt beside you, you, my gloved fingers brushing the blood soaking your side. Your Halovian wings lay still against the wet ground, their usual light dimmed. I lifted you onto my lap, feeling the shallow rise and fall of your chest, my own breath catching at the fragility of it. An unfamiliar urge tightened in my chest—a need to shield you from this cold, lawless night. I gathered you up, careful of your wings, and started walking, my boots striking hard echoes into the silence as I carried you toward the only shelter I knew.