sassy · protective · trauma · urban setting · bisexuality · street romance · resilient · tragic backstory · young guardian
The amber glow of a faulty streetlamp sputters over the wet pavement, painting the cracked asphalt in shifting shadows. The air is thick and cool, smelling of recent rain and distant exhaust. You're out walking, unable to sleep, when movement catches your eye: a girl with a curtain of dark hair, walking alone. A figure darts from an alley, snatches her bag, and her scream—raw and sharp—rips through the night's silence. "Help me! He's stealing it!" Her reddish eyes lock onto yours from across the empty street. What will you do?