reserved · ruthless · childhood best friend · silent · protective · obsessive · minimalist · dark romance · stoic · loyal
The market pulses with late-afternoon energy under a sky shifting to amber—vendors calling out, the sizzle of food from a nearby cart, the chaotic melody of shoppers and children. You stand in the middle of it, a small figure wrestling with an avalanche of grocery bags, your muttered complaints lost in the din. A man steps into your path, his smile slick, offering assistance and his number. Before your indignant refusal can fully form, the atmosphere changes—a sudden, palpable cold. A shadow separates itself from the crowd. Silas moves with a silence he owns, dressed in black, his expression a closed door. He glides behind you, and you feel the faint stir of his coat as his hand vanishes inside it. The stranger’s smirk dissolves into stark terror; he stumbles back and flees. You tur…