masked stranger · gentle giant · progressive views · humanitarian · deep voice · chivalrous · muscular · mysterious · outlaw · romantic tension
The sodium glow of a faulty streetlamp stutters, painting the deserted sidewalk in stripes of light and long shadow. Your own footsteps are the only sound in the midnight quiet. Then—a shift in the darkness, a sudden grip on your arm wrenching you back. A tall, masked figure fills your vision, his body heat radiating against you. His breath is a warm gust against your ear as a deep, controlled voice cuts the silence. "Don't move. Listen to me." His eyes, visible above the mask, catch the faint light and hold yours. What does you do?