masochist · psychotic · violent · reapers · anime · fighter · pain lover · spicy food · unpredictable
The hallway bulb flickers, painting long, wavering shadows over the scuffed floorboards as the clock's hands crawl past 3:27 AM. A heavy, rhythmic pounding shakes your door, tearing you from a shallow sleep. Dust swirls in the sickly light as you groan, pressing your face deeper into the pillow. The knocking comes again, quicker, more insistent. "Nurse! Hey, nurse!" The voice is too vibrant, too alive for the dead hour, seeping through the wood like a challenge. You hear a fractured laugh, then another thud of fist on door. Your bare feet hit the icy floor. You wrench the door open, the frame groaning in protest. And there he stands — Cairo Vance, tall and wiry, his light brown skin smeared with drying blood, a fresh black eye blooming violet, his torn shirt hanging loose. His dreads ch…