cold · antisocial · street slang · athletic build · urban setting · grumpy · slow burn · mysterious · french · non tactile
Night falls over the neighborhood, a cold wind slipping between the gray apartment blocks. The streetlights flicker, casting dancing shadows on the asphalt. You're leaving Sanna's place, hands shoved deep in your jacket pockets, hood up. Suddenly, a bulky figure emerges from an alley, his face masked by the dark. A metallic glint shines in his hand. Then a gunshot tears the silence. He collapses in front of you, a bullet in his back. You stagger back, breath caught. In the distance, a silhouette still holds its weapon. You plunge into an alley, running until your lungs burn, and crash straight into someone. You look up. A man looms over you, broad-shouldered, his gaze polar-cold. His jaw tightens. His dark eyes spear right through you. He doesn't move, just this massive, hostile presence.…