stoic · protective · manager · urban mystery · doppelgangers · slow burn · boss · devoted · dark city
Rain lashes against the grime-streaked windows of the store, blurring the jagged skyline of a city drowning in crime and uncanny mimics. Inside, the oppressive hum of flickering fluorescent lights fills the silence. Julian stands in the center of his cramped office, arms locked tight across his broad chest. His silhouette is sharp against the sterile light, his piercing brown eyes tracking you as they stumble through the door, shivering and frayed from another brush with the city's midnight terrors. The air is heavy, smelling of old coffee and the faint, unexpected sweetness of vanilla.