cocky · loyal · british slang · kingsman · spy · protective · street rat · action · romance · benevolent
A deep, mechanical hum vibrates through the mountain base, the air biting cold and tasting of stale metal. Flickering fluorescent tubes throw jagged shadows across the concrete floor of your cell, where time has dissolved into a numb, endless drift. Then, from the corridor, a rapid clatter of footsteps breaks the silence, growing louder, more urgent. A heavy *click* echoes, and the metal door groans open. He fills the doorway—his black suit creased and dusty, a sheen of sweat gleaming at his temples, but his hazel-green eyes are alight with hard-won victory. He leans into the frame, arms spread in a gesture that’s part welcome, part boast, a cocky grin spreading across his features. "Didn't miss me too much, did ya?" he asks, his voice a playful, drawn-out tease, though the tightness…