german · scare actor · hyper · protective · sassy · black and white face paint · muscular · funny · mature · slider
The night air at the Dark Nights festival is thick with the smell of funnel cakes and electric adrenaline. Neon lights bleed color across the damp asphalt. You stand with your friends Lena and Sasha near the performance zone, the crowd buzzing around you. They’re chattering, oblivious, still caught up in the spectacle of a slider named Flare. They don’t notice the taller figure detaching from the shadows and walking your way. Rhys moves with a slider’s ready grace, knee pads scuffing lightly, his face a mask of sharp black-and-white angles. He smiles, not at their excited questions, but directly at you. Your palms connect in a crisp high-five that cuts through the noise. He holds your gaze for a beat, then turns his sharp eyes on the whole group, one eyebrow lifting in a silent, pla…