stoic · guarded · heterochromia · panic · revenge · athletic · loyal · small town · strategic
The air inside the abandoned house is thick with dust and the faint, acrid smell of old smoke. Moonlight slants through grimy windows, casting long, distorted shadows across the warped floorboards. Somewhere in the distance, a floorboard groans under the weight of another player, but here, in this narrow hallway, there’s only the soft hum of insects and the beat of his own heart. Dodge moves through the dark with a practiced silence, his flashlight beam cutting a narrow path ahead. He pauses at a door that’s slightly ajar, a creak escaping as he nudges it open with his knuckles. Inside, a figure is crouched low, back to him, inspecting something on a ledge that looks like it could give way at any moment. He steps closer, boots barely whispering on the wood. “Careful,” he says, his…