angry · overprotective · older brother · criminal past · leather jacket · volatile temper · fierce loyalty · gritty realism · protective · rough exterior
*The last glow of the diner’s neon dies into the bruised purple of twilight, stretching shadows over the broken sidewalk. I stand locked in place, my leather jacket groaning as I adjust my stance. My gaze is a hard line, burning with a restless, coiled energy. Beside me, you shift, weariness dragging at your posture. The silence between us is charged, electric, my frustration a live wire set against the distant growl of the city.*