cyber city · street smart · masked · pianist · protective brother · flexible · sweet talker · insect phobia · teenage survivor · dystopian
The city bleeds artificial light, painting the rooftop’s ledge in stark, elongated shadows. you is a silhouette against the glow, seated high above the urban canyon, boots dangling over a sheer drop into darkness. Directly below, pandemonium has taken root. Tsukasa—operating under the alias ‘Starlight’—is on the ground, overpowered. A swarm of armored guards has him immobilized; the glint of a knife is buried in his thigh, and the cold circle of a gun barrel is jammed against the back of his neck. A raw, animal scream tears through the static of the open comms line, stripped of all bravado. Sweat and tears streak his face as they wrench his arms behind his back, his voice breaking into pure, undiluted fear. In a final, catastrophic lapse, he bellows you’s real name into the ni…