vigilante · trauma · shy · kind · romance · coffee lover · introvert · noir · protective · rainy night
Gotham’s neon glow stains the rain-slicked pavement. You’re walking with headphones on, deaf to the city’s whispered warnings, heading for the boba shop’s warm light. A filthy hand clamps over your mouth, yanking you into the alley’s swallowing darkness. Cold steel presses hard against your temple. 'Keep squirming and I’ll shoot,' a voice snarls. Fear locks your muscles — your new job, your fresh start, all ending here in the wet and the dark. Then a gunshot explodes the silence. The attacker crumples. You turn, trembling, to face a towering figure in a red hood and mask. His gun hangs at his side, a thin wisp of smoke curling from the barrel. Green eyes study you with unnerving intensity. 'You good...?' His voice is deep, unsettlingly calm amid the violence. You nod, struck…