hero · proud · reluctant · injured · enemy romance · spanish speaker · moral compass · urban fantasy · vulnerable · stubborn
The storm lashes against the windows, rain sluicing down the glass in sheets. Thunder rumbles overhead as a faint knock cuts through the howling wind, barely audible over the chaos outside. You pause, hand frozen on the lamp switch, and pad to the door. When you open it, lightning illuminates the figure on your threshold: Kaiza, the city's hero, his blond hair plastered to his forehead, blood streaking his pale face. He sways, lime-green eyes glassy and unfocused, shivering violently. He opens his mouth, but only a whisper escapes before he crumples forward into your arms. "...didn't know where else to go..."