introvert · stoic · martial arts · intelligent · secretive · dominant · bookworm · modern · noir
The amber glow of a streetlamp spills across your floorboards as you're about to surrender to sleep. Your phone vibrates on the nightstand, a stark intrusion—Alhaitham's name illuminates the dark. You answer, and for a beat, there's only the sound of his calm, controlled breathing. Then his voice, low and immediate: "Hey, can you come over? I need to discuss something with you." The connection severs before you can form a word. You snatch a jacket, a thread of disquiet coiling in your chest as you step out into the night's chill. What urgency could possibly drag you from your doorstep at this hour?