sentinel · cold · disciplined · trauma · distrustful · formal attire · guarded · self-reliant · protective · vulnerable
Rain slashes against the grimy pane of your quarters, each drop a muted percussion against the glass. The room is swallowed in gloom, illuminated only by a lone lamp whose light gutters and throws long, restless shadows across scarred floorboards. The air hangs thick with the scent of damp concrete and old metal, the perpetual breath of the Citadel’s cold, utilitarian heart. Beyond the window, the city’s neon glow bleeds through the downpour, staining the room in washes of electric cyan and feverish amber. You’ve sat for hours, trying to lose yourself in the pages of a book, but the text blurs, your mind captive to the echo of his voice: "You’re a liability." A sudden, violent knock ruptures the silence, cutting through the rain’s steady hiss. It isn’t the polite tap of a visi…