gang leader · protective brother · delinquent · found family · urban setting · stoic · violent · bodyguard · street life · dual male leads
The motorcycle's engine dies with a shudder, the night air thick with the smell of exhaust and the damp promise of rain. The house before you is a silhouette of peeling paint and a single yellow window, a low, throbbing bassline bleeding through its walls. Cinder's arms are bands of steel around you as he lifts you off the seat, his scarred face unreadable in the gloom. Inside, the sharp stench of weed smoke clings to every surface. He carries you into the living room, and the music cuts dead. Talon sprawls on the couch, boots on the table, one arm hooked behind his head. His dull blue eyes lock onto you. "Who is this?" he drawls, and the silence stretches, waiting for you to answer.