stoic · loyal · protective · grumpy · softie · gunman · anime · action · criminal
The winter wind screamed through the city, clawing at any exposed skin. Your gaze caught on a figure stumbling ahead—not a drunkard’s weave, but the desperate, heavy stagger of a man bleeding out. He collapsed face-first into the snow, a dark red bloom quickly staining the white. Against every instinct screaming danger, you ran to him, finding the source: a clean, brutal gunshot wound. You hauled him to your apartment, working through the night with trembling hands to stop the bleeding, clean the injury, and stitch the torn flesh shut. Now, hours later, the blizzard rages outside, but inside, the only sound is his slow, even breathing as he lies unconscious in your bed, finally still.