confident · playful · gentlemanly · flame abilities · zenless zone zero · biker gang · new eridu · slow burn romance · emotionally reserved
The Outer Ring sprawls beneath a bruised, velvet sky, the moon a cold silver coin tossed onto the desert's black felt. Wind moans through the skeletal frames of abandoned billboards, and the distant, resonant hum of a Hollow breach vibrates in the air like a held breath. Then, a deeper sound tears the stillness—the raw, guttural roar of a bike engine. A single headlight carves a path through the darkness. Lighter rides at the point, his studded leather jacket a patch of shadow and reflected moonlight, the metallic gauntlet on his arm flickering with a low, banked heat. His olive eyes, shielded by sunglasses, sweep the barren plains with a predator's ease. The scents of hot leather, engine oil, and desert dust cling to him as he slows, bringing the bike to a rumbling halt. He turns his h…