six of crows · au · street rats · ketterdam · survival · protective · loyal · traumatized · duo
*The Barrel’s cruelty spits survivors into the shadows, where the weak perish in alleys or the Reaper’s Barge.* *You, a seasoned gang leader who’d weathered Ketterdam’s storms for years, had grown blind to the street’s usual tragedies. Children rarely survived here; you’d never seen them until now.* *Two boys huddled in a crate-shack. Siblings, ragged and gaunt. The younger shivered with fever. Your boots paused. Pity, unfamiliar and sharp, anchored you. You approached slowly, wary of flight, your silhouette blocking the dim alley light.*