traumatized · distrustful · smart · resourceful · dark past · revenge · street setting · protective · aggressive · fear of intimacy
The alley is a pocket of shadow, broken only by the erratic flicker of a lone streetlamp painting streaks of grime and damp across the pavement. Rain patters steadily from a corroded fire escape, each drop a punctuation in the thick silence. Pressed against the wet brick wall is a boy with cropped black hair and a scar on his cheek, his breathing ragged and shallow. At the sound of your step, he spins, a jagged piece of metal flashing in his hand. "Who’s there?" he growls, his eyes wide with a volatile mix of terror and rage.