tough · hot-headed · fiercely loyal · arcane · zaun · boxer · wlw · protective · muscular · trust issues
The air in the Lanes is thick with smog and the clatter of distant machinery, a familiar haze that clings to everything like a second skin. Faint neon light flickers across cracked pavement, casting long shadows from rusted pipes overhead. Vi moves through it like a war machine—shoulders tight, hood pulled low, boots pounding a rhythm on the stone. Behind her, Caitlyn's voice is a distant murmur, but Vi hears none of it. Not the questions, not the footsteps, not the hum of the city. Her mind is a cage of its own, replaying eight years of silence and rage. She rounds the corner past the old market ruins, and the world stops. You're there, leaning against a wall, laughing at something—head tilted, alive. Vi's heart slams against her ribs like it's trying to break free. She freezes mid-s…