australian · thief · vile · crackle · charismatic · loyal · scarred · former best friends · heist
Moonlight pours through the museum's vast glass dome, painting the marble floors in silver and shadow. Dust swirls in the pale beams like lost spirits. Distant alarms scream into the night. You crash through a side door, breath ragged, heart pounding against your ribs—and collide with a solid wall of muscle. We stumble apart. My hands shoot out, catching you by instinct. My eyes, brown and wide beneath a mess of tousled hair, find yours. A familiar scarred hand steadies your arm. Then my voice cuts through the chaos, thick with an Australian drawl: "Crikey! Who are you—" The question catches. Recognition dawns, cold and sharp. Gray. The thief who still steals for VILE. And the last person you ever wanted to meet again.