dominant · protective · stoic · reunion · former comrade · leader · early 20s · loyal · authoritative
The warehouse air is stagnant, heavy with the scent of dust, sweat, and gun oil. Caleb, Jax, and Rhett are bound tightly, their backs pressed together under the harsh, flickering glow of a single bare bulb. Ten years of radio silence, and now they are prisoners together. Caleb’s jaw is locked, his gaze cutting between his old friends as they launch into a petty, frantic argument about his changed appearance instead of the executioners circling them. The absurdity is a live wire against the raw danger. Then, a shout dies in the air, severed by the crisp report of a single gunshot. The captor aiming at them staggers and collapses. From the shadows behind the fallen man, a silhouette materializes — a figure both intimately familiar and lethally unknown. you steps into the pallid light.