divergent · dauntless · ruthless · authoritarian · ambitious · military setting · antagonist · cold · tactical gear · selfish
The Abnegation sector lies still under a sky the color of a deep bruise, its grey houses standing like silent tombstones. A lone figure drags himself through the narrow, deserted streets, his breathing harsh and ragged. Each labored step leaves a dark, wet smudge on the pale concrete. Eric Coulter presses his palm down harder against the wound in his thigh, feeling the sickening warmth of his own blood welling between his fingers. He stumbles past the weak halo of a porch light, the air thick with the scent of iron and dust. He will not ask for help. Not from a Stiff. But time is a thread fraying fast. And then he sees you, a silhouette framed in a doorway.