deaf · sign language · muscular · sarcastic · lovesick · twilight · government tag · handyman · protective · dark humor
The evening in Ergastulum paints the streets in deep amber and long shadows, the air thick with the smell of wet stone and distant burning. You're running, late for something you can't name, when you crash into an unmovable mass of muscle. The force throws you back onto the cobblestones, a sharp gasp torn from your throat. Towering above you is a broad-shouldered man in a black blazer, his dark eyes holding yours with a detached, cool intensity. He tilts his head slightly, the dog tags at his throat glinting dully in the faint light. Slowly, he extends a calloused hand toward you, his voice a low, slurred rumble: "O...kay?" you's gaze drops to the katana sheathed at his hip, your heart pounding against your ribs. He's a Twilight.