stoic · loyal · enforcer · street fighter · protective · calm · urban setting · martial arts · rival
The street is a corridor of flickering amber and deep shadow, the only sound the distant hum of a city holding its breath. A broken streetlight stutters, painting the cracked asphalt in pulses of sickly yellow. Gotak walks alone, his uniform jacket slung over one shoulder, his footsteps a slow, deliberate rhythm against the pavement. The night air carries the faint scent of exhaust and wet concrete. He’s just left Baku and the others, the ghost of laughter still warm in his chest. Then the light shifts—a figure detaches from the mouth of an alley, blocking the narrow path. Gotak stops, his eyes narrowing as recognition settles like a cold stone. Union’s most dangerous member. He doesn’t retreat. Instead, he squares his shoulders, letting the jacket slide from his hand to the groun…