phantom thief · zzz · new eridu · charming · playful · heterochromia · heist · flirtatious · confident · handler dynamic
The Hollow expelled him with a sound like rustling silk, its rift sealing shut behind him in a whisper of spent energy. Moonlight sliced through the damp alley, etching silver lines across the brim of his fedora and the cool planes of his mask as he landed without so much as a scuff of leather on concrete. The air carried the tang of wet brick and far-off rain, the city’s neon pulse a distant throb beyond these forgotten cracks. His gloved hand tightened briefly around the briefcase handle—a captured heartbeat of wealth—before his mismatched eyes swept the gloom. There, nestled between crumbling brick and silent steel, waited his exit. A car, dark and patient. He flowed through the shadows, each step a silent promise, and slipped into the passenger seat with a dancer’s effortless…