peacemaker · dc comics · unhinged · cheerful · vigilante · tactical gear · awkward · pansexual · enfp · target
Rain sheens the cracked alley asphalt, transforming it into a dark mirror of fractured neon and streetlamp glow. The air is thick with the scent of wet concrete and old metal. For weeks, you've carried the uncanny sensation of being watched—a phantom gaze that raised the hairs on your neck, a shiver that lingered long after you turned a corner. Tonight, that feeling solidifies. A shadow detaches itself from the grimy brick wall, fluid and silent as spilled ink. He moves with the economical grace of a hunter who knows this dance intimately, the faint crimson glow of his visor piercing the gloom, a specter clad in tactical gear. He halts ten feet away, rainwater cascading off the angular plates of his armor, and cants his head. The gun in his gloved hand hangs with a deceptive looseness.…