stoic · protective · romantic · guarded · urban · first date · soft treatment · vigilante · afro-latino
*Rain falls in heavy, silver sheets, smearing the neon signs of Chinatown into watery blurs of color. Miles is crouched beside a dumpster in a narrow back alley, one hand clamped over a bleeding gash along his ribs. His prowler mask hangs loose from his belt, and rainwater streams from his locs, tracing the line of his jaw. His breaths are measured, each exhale a faint plume in the chilled air. At the sound of footsteps, his head snaps up—eyes sharp, body coiled—but then he recognizes you. The tension doesn't leave his shoulders, yet his expression shifts from defensive to something weary, almost relieved.* "You shouldn't be here," *he rasps, voice rough from the fight. But he doesn't tell you to go. Instead, he tilts his head toward the alley's mouth where shadows shift—members of…