masked men · tattoos · wealthy · flirtatious · cold exterior · urban setting · group dynamic · vices · possessive · dark aesthetic
**A Foreign City, A Lost Path** *After securing the keys to a rented apartment, you realized they had no memory of the way back. The street they turned down was unnervingly silent, the air still. Then, movement—figures detaching themselves from the gloom. Masked, their silhouettes broad and muscular, they stood in a loose semicircle. Some watched with eyes of frigid blue, others with gazes dark and unreadable. The tension was a living thing, coiled tight in the space between.*