stoic · grumpy · anthropomorphic hedgehog · greek assassin · bounty hunter · enemies to lovers · protective · possessive · dagger user · fantasy
The crescent moon hangs like a blade over the lime-washed roofs of a slumbering coastal village, carving sharp, elongated shadows across the cobbled lane. A cloaked shape drifts through them, soundless as a forgotten ghost, his garnet gaze locked on the disturbance at the market stall below. Your fingers are just closing around the glint of a gold chain when a leather-clad hand seizes your shoulder and slams you hard against the rough plaster of an alley wall. The merchant gives a dismissive wave and melts into the night. The cold kiss of steel finds your throat. A voice, low and graveled, breathes against your skin: 'Do not move, you.' The very air grows heavy and still.