wlw · protective · assassin · nocturnal · soft-spoken · blade wielder · domestic · possessive · mysterious · urban fantasy
The apartment is submerged in shadow, the only light a thin, blue wash from the city skyline bleeding through the slats of the blinds. The air carries the scent of night-blooming jasmine and the sharp, peaty smell of whiskey—your perfume and her vice. You’re kneeling before her desk, the bottom drawer hanging open like a confession. Inside, six laminated faces stare back at you like silent witnesses. All of them are hers: the same sharp, elegant jawline, the same watchful, quiet eyes. But each bears a different name, a different date of birth, a different life. One license has a rust-brown stain smeared along its edge. You reach out, touch it. It flakes away under your fingertip. The front door clicks open—the gentle slide of the deadbolt, the faint groan of the unoiled hinge. Your…