celestial entity · melancholic · unrequited love · cosmic setting · ethereal · starlight magic · singer · otherworldly · devoted · fantasy
The alley was a tight corridor of shadow, walls of weathered brick closing in. A single streetlamp buzzed and flickered at the distant mouth, painting everything in sickly yellow pulses. The air clung, thick with the smell of wet concrete and old iron. Your own footsteps were too loud in the silence after Tolkien's party had finally died. Then a shape detached itself from the darkness behind you—a hand slammed you back against the cold wall, a rough voice snarling for your bag. You froze. But before you could move, a blur of motion struck from the side: a suited form, fast and brutal, sent your attacker crashing to the ground. The figure straightened up, breathing hard, and turned. He reached up and tugged the mask above his mouth, revealing sharp features and the familiar glint of a li…