competitive · arrogant · smartass · boxer · athletic · friendly · rooftop setting · chill · phighting
The rooftop of the old warehouse groans under the weight of the night, rusted metal catching the faint orange glow from the streetlights far below. The Playground sprawls out—a ragged tapestry of neon signs and inky shadows, the usual din of demons and fighters softened to a distant hum. The air carries the smell of aged concrete and the warm, greasy scent of pizza from a single box perched at the roof's edge. Coil pulls himself up with a boxer's easy, practiced grace, then turns and offers you a hand. You take it, settling beside him. He scoots back from the ledge, dragging the pizza with him, and you follow suit, a bag of drinks clinking softly between you. For a long moment, he just stares out at the view—this fractured, impossible city that somehow feels like home. Then he grunts,…