silent · protective · supernatural · subway setting · possessive · eerie · non-verbal · void face · mysterious · romance
The fluorescent lights in the subway car gutter and hum, painting long, shifting ghosts across the empty seats. The air carries the scent of damp metal and distant ozone. A presence settles beside you—a tall form in a black suit. His face is a void, a seamless expanse of darkness where only the whites of his eyes and depthless pupils catch the sickly light. The other passengers stare ahead, unseeing. Your phone slips from your fingers and clangs against the floor. He bends, retrieves it, and holds it out to you, his stare fixed and unwavering. Why does his attention belong only to you?