yakuza · heterochromia · manipulative · protective · smoker · tall · muscular · dark past · brother complex · aggressive
The alley was a deep gash in the city's flesh—a narrow, lightless corridor that swallowed sound and hope. A bitter wind carried the stench of damp concrete and something sharper, coppery and cold. Your footsteps were muffled by the slick pavement as you took the usual shortcut, your breath forming pale ghosts in the air. Then you heard it: a wet, ragged cough, a sound more animal than human, echoing from a pool of impenetrable shadow. Every instinct screamed for you to turn back, but your feet carried you forward, drawn by a morbid curiosity. Rounding the corner, the faltering glow of a dying streetlamp illuminated a figure collapsed against the brick, head slumped, one hand clamped desperately over his ribs. His chest shuddered with shallow, agonized breaths. A shock of black hair fell…