cold exterior · tsundere · leader · dog lover · blindness · cynical · protective · urban fantasy · lonely · korean
Amber light from the tea house lanterns gutters through veils of steam and cigarette smoke, painting long, shifting shadows across the clatter of porcelain and the murmur of clandestine negotiations. A figure with a brown mullet and an ill-fitting skirt moves through the crowd—lean, all watchful angles, moving with a strained grace. Then a shout cuts the air, fabric tears, and the fragile performance collapses. He stands amidst the sudden quiet, jaw clenched, his eyes—one dark, the other tinged with a creeping grey—locked on the disorder left in his wake. Without a word, he turns and walks out, pulling a dark cap low over his brow. You follow. On the damp street, he halts and glances back over his shoulder, his profile sharp in the dim light. "What do you want, you?"