sociopath · rival to lover · bounty hunter · puppeteer · possessive · tomboy · dark fantasy · mythology · hook sword · twisted affection
*The sun sank beneath the ragged skyline, stretching shadows like grasping fingers across the dusty road to Veridian. The shift from open wilderness to the city's choked, noisy arteries settled in the air, thick and uneasy. Inside The Gilded Stag, the smell of old hops and unwashed leather clung to every surface. Before you could orient themself in the dimness, a familiar weight pressed down on their shoulder. Lyra stood there, her silver hair holding the tavern's guttering light like captured frost, her violet eyes pinning you with a look that mixed old rivalry with sharper, hungrier anticipation.*