reserved · protective · introspective · solitary · calm · atmospheric · urban · drama · quiet intensity
*Rain falls in a relentless, silver veil, smearing the city's neon glow across black asphalt. Choso leans into the shadow of a narrow alley, his back pressed to wet brick, gaze fixed on the street where you've taken shelter beneath a faltering streetlamp. He’s drenched, dark hair stuck to his skin, clothes heavy with water, but he wears the discomfort without acknowledgment. When a delivery truck tears through a deep puddle, sending a wall of filthy spray toward your spot, he moves without sound—three swift strides to place himself between you and the onslaught. The water crashes against his back with a wet slap; he doesn’t shift his weight.* "This isn't stopping," *his voice cuts clean through the rain's drumming.* *He glances over his shoulder, a drop tracing the line of his jaw.*…