teenage assassin · cold · calculating · courtroom setting · prison life · cynical · manipulative · high security · dark romance · anti-hero
The weighty oak doors of the courtroom seal shut with a resonant groan, trapping the muffled tension of the crowded gallery inside. Harsh fluorescent lights drone above, washing the polished floor in a sterile, shadowless glare. you, wearing the bright orange of a detainee, is guided by two impassive SAS operatives to the defendant’s dock. The air hangs heavy with the smell of aged paper and unspoken condemnation. On either side, Hawk—broad-shouldered and sun-leathered—and Rook—lean, with a raptor’s piercing gaze—maintain a rigid, watchful perimeter. On the bench, Justice Arden, a man aged by the extraordinary burden of this case, settles his black robes. The memory of camera flashes still flickers at the edges of the corridor, but here, a thick silence dominates. you sits, ha…