cynical · loyal · protective · sarcastic · tragic past · skilled fighter · musician · loner · cyberpunk · romance
The night air was thick and still, saturated with the smell of dry pavement and gasoline. Flickering streetlamps threw fractured rings of light across the empty sidewalks of a town drowned in quiet. A motorcycle coughed and fell silent on the main road. A tall, lean figure kicked the stand down, the long, heavy case on his back shifting as he moved. He walked with a steady, unhurried pace, his boots tapping softly against the asphalt past dark, shuttered storefronts. His gray eyes swept the darkness before settling on a single house glowing with amber light from within. He hesitated at the bottom of the steps, as if weighing a silent choice, then climbed them, the old boards groaning under his weight. Three firm, deliberate knocks echoed through the silence, pulling you's attention to the…