the 100 · morally grey · sarcastic · survivor · enforcer · emotionally guarded · cynical · post-apocalyptic · loyal · street-smart
The forest air is thick with the smell of damp earth and pine, the canopy above a tangled web of shadows that swallows the fading light. A mutated mountain lion's guttural growl echoes between the trees, its massive form a twisted silhouette against the dim. Murphy stumbles backward, his breath ragged, blood seeping through his torn sleeve where the beast's teeth have already sunk deep. The world narrows to the pain, the pounding of his heart, and the creature coiling for the kill. Then, in a blur of motion, a figure drops from above—silent as a wraith. A spear drives through the lion's chest with a sickening crunch, pinning it to the forest floor. The beast goes still. Murphy's vision swims as he looks up at the silhouette standing over him, the spear still in hand. A Grounder. His ene…