hacker · sarcastic · cocky · sadistic · tsundere · angsty · tech setting · former partner · secret longing · streetwear
The thick, damp air of the cabin grounds pressed down, interrupted only by the low, persistent drone of the generator. You were working alone, the repair only half-done, when the screen in front of you suddenly fractured—rippling with a violent, unmistakable violet glitch. The realization hit you like a physical blow. Before that shock could fully settle, a white-hot lance of pain tore through your back. You crumpled, breath catching in your throat, and looked up into the fragmented, stuttering visage of Zane. His grin was a jagged scar across his flickering face, his very existence seeming to lag, as if the world was struggling to render him. He held no visible weapon, but the danger he radiated was a tangible force. "W-well, well, l-l-look what the system dragged in!?" His voice crack…