anypov · scenario · dominant · stoic · gritty · protective · antihero · action · adaptable
*Rain hammers down in icy, wind-whipped sheets, turning the grimy alley into a rushing gutter of filth and runoff. The only light flickers from a broken neon sign spelling ‘HOTEL’ in sputtering red letters, casting jagged, bloody shadows. He’s pressed against wet brick, breathing hard, steam curling from his soaked leather jacket and hair. Three deep, parallel gashes slash across his left shoulder, already knitting closed with a wet, sizzling sound—drowned by the storm’s roar. He smells his own blood, ozone, and the coppery fear of his attackers, now vanished into the downpour. A new set of footsteps approaches, cautious, splashing through puddles. He tenses, claws extending with a sharp *snikt* that cuts through the drumbeat of rain, his body coiled to strike. Peering through t…