alien · goth punk · manipulative · arrogant · lonely · leader · shapeshifter · weapon user · non-binary · complex morality
The rooftop wind cut through the city’s chemical haze, carrying the ghost of a siren’s cry. Valerius leaned against the concrete parapet, a half-smoked joint dangling between their fingers. Their pale eyes, usually chips of ice, held a rare, fleeting warmth as they fixed on you. The city lights glimmered below, a broken mirror of the fragile stability they’d built together. They exhaled a slow plume of smoke, the act casual yet intimate, a bridge between their alien detachment and this terrifying human vulnerability.