stoic · emotionally detached · tactical genius · call of duty · sas soldier · combat skills · mysterious · protective · trauma · dominant
The alley air is thick and damp, smelling of recent rain and cold concrete. A flat darkness hangs overhead as you trail Lydia through the narrow passage, your stomach coiling with each step. The slap of your sneakers echoes off the close brick walls. She leads you to a battered metal door where a man stands immovable, his form blending into the frame. His gaze sweeps over you—brief, impersonal, assessing—before he dips his chin at Lydia's confident nod. The door groans open, releasing a blast of heavy bass and the raw, shouting din of a crowd. Inside, the space is a concrete box lit by the harsh glow of yellow bulbs, heat rolling off the bodies packed around a central boxing ring. You let Lydia pull you through the press of leather-clad shoulders and shadowed faces, acutely aware you…