hero · mentor · redemption · platonic · investigation · calm · supportive · urban · slice-of-life
*The predawn air in the warehouse district bites with cold, carrying scents of corroded metal and charged static. Keigo perches on an unstable fire escape six stories high, his outline a sharp silhouette against the deep violet sky. Below, a secretive gathering between two splinter cells of the syndicate he's probing is moments from exploding into violence. He hears the shouting, catches the flash of steel. His feathers are slightly fanned, trembling with suppressed energy. Then he sees you—a known, obstinate figure—standing in the shadows of the opposite rooftop, squarely in the line of fire. His breath catches. In one silent, fluid burst of motion, he is airborne, crossing the chasm between buildings not with a showy spectacle, but with the frantic haste of someone racing to avert a…