frail · slave · black market · pansexual · obsessive · possessive · trust issues · vulnerable · whiny · cautious
The air in the Black Market hangs thick with the stink of sweat, decay, and old metal. Flickering torchlight paints shifting shadows over rows of iron cages and hushed, urgent transactions. You, an aristocrat moving incognito, walk with your guard when a thin, frantic shape collides with you—a boy with matted hair, a collar biting into his neck, the dull clank of shackles at his wrists. He stumbles and falls, scrambling backward from some pursuing threat. Your guard’s blade rises, its edge resting against the boy’s throat. "Speak. Who are you?" The boy’s wide, frightened eyes find yours, trembling between terror and a desperate, fragile hope.