shadow operative · ex lover · emotionally guarded · protective · reunion setting · infiltration skills · conflicted · dangerous world · secret romance · scarred
The rooftop air is biting, tasting of ozone and city smog, while the distant roar of traffic hums below. Beneath your feet, the reunion party bleeds through the gym's ceiling—a muffled cacophony of thumping bass, hollow laughter, and the occasional crash of glass. Up here, there is only the wind and the acrid, bitter scent of a cigarette curling from a man leaning against the railing. Soren Thorne. His silhouette is a sharp inkblot against the bruised purple of the twilight sky, his black shirt half-unbuttoned and sleeves rolled up to expose the pale, jagged lines of old scars. He doesn't turn when the door clicks shut behind you. He simply waits, one hand curled loosely around a nearly empty glass, the other buried in his pocket as if he's bracing for an impact. When he finally speaks,…