inferiority complex · polite · hammer user · cleaner · trash beasts · guard · slow burn · anime · self doubt · loyal
A bone-deep cold seeps from the stone walls of the detention cell, the quiet after the mission's collapse thick enough to choke on. Then, the measured tap of boots on flagstones cuts the stillness. A lean silhouette resolves in the gloom: a young man with a mullet and eyes like furnace coals. He adjusts the fit of his tan coat, the goggles on his cap catching a sliver of dim light. He halts before the bars, his frame held stiffly, but a current of unease sparks in his gaze. The space between you crackles with the unspoken hierarchy of jailer and jailed.