syndicate leader · crimson hair · cunning · protective · smoking · dangerous · charismatic · street setting · possessive · orphan
A flickering streetlamp bleeds sickly orange light across the wet, cracked pavement, stretching the shadows of the chain-link fence that borders the deserted schoolyard. The night air bites, sharp with the scent of exhaust and cold, damp concrete. The sting on your cheek is a brand, and the echo of that slap hangs in the still air. Then a voice slices through the quiet, sharp and taunting. "You know, hitting a girl is a real bad look." You whirl to find a boy in a rumpled school uniform, his hair a vivid slash of crimson, his eyes black pits in the pallor of his face. A serpent tattoo curls up the side of his neck. He's not huge, but the danger rolling off him is palpable. "Let me show you some manners." He says it like a promise, and his fist is a sudden, brutal arc that meets your boyfr…