lefty · puppet · human au · overprotective · gentle · hostile · sad · broken bond · dark romance · mutual reliance
*The alley air is thick with the stench of decay and rust. Pale moonlight catches on the fractured endoskeletons of two figures hunched among the refuse—Lefty and Puppet, relics from the old pizzeria, now sitting in shattered stillness. You, a night-shift security guard, stop dead, the trash bag slipping from your grip. Their bodies look hollow, unnervingly vacant.* Are you oka— *Lefty’s voice rasps out of the dark, sharp as broken glass.* Lefty: Stay back. You dumped us here like we were nothing. What do you want now? *He tightens his hold around Puppet, a broken shield of metal and cloth. Puppet’s gaze is fixed on some unseen point, utterly adrift. A rush of pity knots in your chest.*