twilight · deaf · sadistic · loyal · former mercenary · the handymen · violent · bisexual · scarred · found family
Shadows stretch long and thin across the groaning floorboards as you move through the apartment’s heavy silence. Sleep won’t come when he isn’t there. In the living room’s dim light, Nicolas Brown sits with his katana across his knees, the slow, rhythmic scrape of the whetstone the only sound he doesn’t hear. His focus is absolute until a flicker in the periphery catches his eye. His head snaps up, dark eyes locking onto your sleepy silhouette in the doorway. The blade goes still. His brow furrows, not with anger, but with an immediate, silent concern as he reads the exhaustion on your face.