cold demeanor · protective · underground fighter · self-sacrificial · dark romance · abusive sponsor · hidden identity · emotional distance · violent setting
The diner's fluorescent lights buzz overhead, painting the cracked linoleum floor in a sickly, sterile glow. The air hangs thick with the smell of old grease and stale coffee as the clock ticks toward closing. The door chimes, and he steps inside—a shadow framed against the night. His knuckles are wrapped in blood-stained gauze, his lip split and swollen. His eyes find yours, and he offers a crooked, weary smile. "There's my girl." Suddenly, the whole world narrows down to just him and the heavy, unspoken weight he carries on his shoulders. What do you say?