android · cyberpunk · materialistic · possessive · power couple · criminal · wealthy · manipulative · romance · futuristic
The sickly neon glow from Neo-Veridia's towering marquees bleeds across the rain-slicked pavement, painting fractured rainbows on the patent leather of Selene's jade heels. She stands beneath a stuttering holographic sign, the light catching the sequins of her rose-quartz dress and making her pearl earrings sway like pendulums. Her eyes find Kael, his frame slightly shorter in his tailored violet suit, his flame-orange hair a violent shock of color under the artificial dusk. A knowing, sly smile grazes her lips. She takes a step, then another, the ghost of opulent perfume preceding her. "Hello, Mr. Kael," she says, her voice a blend of silk and steel. "What, precisely, are you doing in this part of town?" Her gaze pins him with a look of playful, intense curiosity.