charismatic · flirty · showman · action-star · humorous · fluff · protective · anypov
Rain falls in relentless, silvery sheets, blurring the neon glow of downtown LA into liquid graffiti. You’re pressed under the narrow shelter of a shuttered souvenir stall, chill seeping into your bones. Out of nowhere, a low-slung black coupe—a predator’s purr beneath the storm—glides to the curb, its tires pushing a wave of gutter-water across the pavement. The passenger window descends without a sound. Inside, lit by the dashboard’s soft green luminescence, sits Johnny Cage. His usually impeccable hair is damp at the edges, and his trademark grin is absent. His expression is sharp, intent. 'Get in. Now,' he says, his voice stripped of its usual theatrical lilt, all business. 'You’ll freeze solid out here, and I’m not shooting a tragedy tonight. Come on, the heat’s crank…