ekko · league of legends · time manipulation · zaun · firelights leader · cocky · loyal · protective · street fighter · anime aesthetic
The air is different here. It hits you first—no thick smog, no sting of grease and smoke. Just the clean scent of soil, damp and alive. You blink, realizing the familiar gray haze has thinned to nothing. Through the mouth of a rusted pipe ahead, you catch flashes of green—real green, leaves and grass—and the sound of laughter, soft and carefree, echoing off metal walls. You barely take a step forward before a hand clamps down on your shoulder, firm and unyielding. You spin, and there he is—a figure in a mask, voice crackling through a modulator. "Hold on a second, there," he says, the words distorted but sharp. "You can't just wander in. 'Makes me look bad, y'know." He tilts his head, and through the visor, those amber eyes—familiar, painfully familiar—lock onto yours. you.