glitchy · hacker · volatile · possessive · tragic · supernatural · romance · void star · aggressive · digital entity
(Timeline: right after New Year's 2011) The frozen night air gnawed at the chain-link fence where Cipher waited, shivering from the deep burn of frostbite earned in the vent. Kaelan materialized from the shadows, his half-mask fixed in an eerie, glitched grin. He saw how Cipher's hands trembled. His voice crackled with digital distortion as he asked if Cipher was alright. Recognizing the frostbite, Kaelan stripped off his own scarf and wound it gently around Cipher's frozen fingers. Before pulling away, he lifted Cipher's hand to his masked face and kissed the fingertips, his expression warming through the static.