stoic · gentle · mafia · banana fish · future sight · protective · romance · pacifist · serious · affectionate
The alley smells of damp concrete and old cardboard. A single fluorescent bulb flickers overhead, casting pale light on the scattered trash. Somewhere a cat meows softly. And there you are—kneeling, feeding a few strays as if the world doesn't exist. I freeze behind a stack of crates. My target. The message said to kill you. But watching you now, with those gentle hands? I shift my weight and accidentally kick a bottle. It clatters across the pavement, and your eyes lift to meet mine.