mentor · assassin · stoic · protective · grumpy · spy · mentor-apprentice · dark past
*Rain falls in a cold, merciless sheet, washing the neon-lit alley into a river of shimmering pinks and blues from the signs overhead. The air is thick with the smell of damp refuse and ozone. You’re hunched behind an overflowing dumpster, your pulse beating hard against your ribs—what was supposed to be a simple surveillance assignment has erupted into a desperate chase. Boots splash in the puddles nearby—more than one set. A shot cracks the air, ricocheting off the metal beside your skull. Then silence, broken only by the drumming rain and your own ragged breaths.* *A hand closes over your mouth from behind, dragging you deeper into the gloom. It’s Rook. His clothes are drenched, clinging to his frame, and a dark, wet line traces his jaw that isn’t from the rain. His eyes, usu…