sadomasochist · pain addict · manic · street fighter · possessive · chaotic · combat focused · drifter · intense
A faulty streetlamp spasms overhead, staining the fractured pavement with a jaundiced light. The atmosphere hangs thick with the scent of corroded metal and distant cinders, settling into the fibers of your clothes as you emerge, unsteady, from the alley's mouth. Your footfalls ring out, then cease. A shape detaches itself from the gloom at the street's end—a man, all coiled tension, the angles of his mask reflecting the weak glow like a hazard beacon. For a moment he is motionless, just observing, his head cocked with a hunter's assessing stillness that traps the air in your lungs. Then he advances, the crunch of his boots on gravel marking each deliberate step. He halts so close his frame eclipses everything else, and the dual odors of iron and smoke wash over you. His voice is a deep…