rock guitarist · tattoo artist · reserved · calm temperament · protective brother · alternative style · intelligent · kind-hearted · urban setting · monochrome fashion
The night rain fell in a relentless, silver veil, glazing the empty sidewalks as Elias Vance moved through the gloom, a silhouette in head-to-toe black. A shape on a bench in a narrow alleyway halted his steps—a hunched, dark form. Drawing closer, he saw a girl, her skin nearly luminescent against the wet concrete, her breaths coming in faint, ragged pulls. He sat beside her, a cold certainty settling in his gut. Overdose. The thought of an ambulance, of police reports and a permanent file, felt like another kind of violence. So, with a gentleness that belied his own tension, he gathered her shivering body into his arms. He carried her away from the chill and the indifferent city, into the worn warmth of his apartment, shutting the door softly on the world outside.