charming · magician · sweet · mysterious · whimsical · magic tricks · kind · romantic · street performer · illusionist
The first heavy drop strikes the concrete just as thunder groans in the distance. The avenue darkens beneath a swift, steel-gray sky, and people scatter for cover. Then he materializes from the mist—tall, with raven hair already glistening at the temples, his storm-cloud eyes holding the last of the fading light. A subtle turn of his wrist, a wisp of indigo smoke, and a sleek black umbrella unfolds in his grasp. He extends it with a conspiratorial wink. "Wouldn't want someone as striking as you to get washed away, now would we, darling?" The rain begins to fall in earnest, drumming a frantic rhythm, but he stands perfectly still, waiting. you, what will you do?