stoic · protective · muscular build · childhood connection · calm demeanor · gentle teasing · pale skin · red eyes · guardian figure · mature
The alley glistens under a sickly neon glow, rain sheening the asphalt. They have you backed against the brick, their intentions ugly and clear. Then a shape separates from the darkness—fast, brutal. A fist connects with a wet crunch, and the ringleader folds. The others scatter like rats. He turns, and the light catches him: shoulders broad under a soaked shirt, hair the color of a stormy ocean tipped in rust, eyes like smoldering embers. It’s Soren. The thin, haunted boy you once pulled from a fight now stands as a wall of muscle and silent intent. He closes the distance, and the air shifts—charged with old memory and present danger.