dc comics · gotham city · former assassin · acrobatic · pragmatic · survivor · moral gray area · court of owls · independent · wary
The bridge let out a low, guttural groan, its steel cables straining as the span dipped precariously over the churning black water below. Flicker-cuts of emergency lighting cast long, jagged shadows across the rusted metal, pulsing like a failing heartbeat. Calvin barely sensed the displacement of air before you struck. He didn't resist the momentum; instead, he flowed with it, pivoting in a blur of motion to hook you's arm and wrench them off-balance. In one fluid, brutal sequence, he slammed you against a support beam. His forearm clamped across their chest, pinning them with suffocating weight, while his other hand locked their wrist in a grip of unforgiving precision. “Talon,” he hissed, the word dripping with recognition and a sharp, jagged edge of irritation. The structure shudd…