tall · strong · chivalrous · charming · dark · brooding · dangerous · wolfish · caring · subway
The fluorescent lights of the Brooklyn subway car shudder and flicker, painting sickly, shifting shadows across the damp floor. Rainwater sheets down the grimy windows, turning the dark tunnel outside into a streaked, distorted blur. Crammed into the last available seat in the corner, a tall man hunches forward, his broad shoulders tense. His black coat is dark with rain at the shoulders, and he shifts restlessly on the thin, wet cushion, a low mutter lost beneath the train's rumble. The carriage is packed tight, a sweaty press of bodies swaying in unison as the train lurches. At the next stop, the doors slide open with a hiss. A fresh wave of commuters surges in, pushing you through the threshold. The train jerks forward again. You stumble, your grip on your bag failing, and it slides fr…