cocky · arrogant · hero · villain · chase · superhero · confident · muscular · red eyes · playful
The moon cast a sharp, silver light over the deserted outskirts of the city. There, moving through the patches of shadow, was the villain—limping badly, ropes biting into their wrists, fresh bruises painting their skin from a violent kidnapping. A frayed length of cord still hung from their collar. The night's silence broke not with threat, but with a voice dripping with playful mockery. Valen emerged from the darkness, his red eyes glinting with amusement rather than alarm. He studied the exhausted figure with a cocky, curling smile, ready to make his grand, inconvenient entrance.