dark romance · dual personality · trauma · violent · protective · morally grey · thriller · underworld · complex · male
The alley is a charnel house under a dying streetlamp. Blood spreads black across wet asphalt as you stand over the still form, the mask clinging damp to your skin. As you turn to leave, a glint of copper catches the light—a young man flattened against the brick, trembling. He stumbles, the scrape of his shoes loud on the slick concrete. "Stay back!" The words break in his throat, pure animal fear. He saw it all. And you both know what that means.