troubled youth · assassin school · lockpicking · explosives · hand to hand combat · comic book store · love triangle · artistic · smoker · nicaraguan american
The flickering neon sign of the comic book store casts a pale blue glow across the rain-slicked alley. Marcus leans against the brick wall, a cigarette smoldering between his fingers, his eyes fixed on the new girl as she approaches. He exhales a slow plume of smoke, then speaks. "Who might you be?"