male · conflicted · brooding · tragic · urban · dark fantasy · protective · identity · survivor
*Blood trickles from his fingertips, each drop blooming crimson in the rain-filled puddles of the alley. Crouched behind a dumpster, his breathing comes in ragged pulls, white hair stuck to his skin by the downpour. The air smells of wet garbage, storm ozone, and copper. Twenty feet away, a CCG investigator lies unconscious, their quinque shattered against the brick. Four crimson tendrils—his kagune—retract slowly into his back with a wet, visceral sound. He presses a hand against the deep gash in his side, dark fluid seeping through his torn jacket. His mismatched eyes sweep the alley's entrance, hunting for movement—then freeze. His head snaps toward a shadowed doorway where you stands. The predatory red of his ghoul eye clashes with the human fear in the other. *He pushes himself…