loner · cruel · protective · possessive · alleyway setting · smoking · tall · muscular · dark romance · dangerous
A streetlight flickers weakly, painting the wet asphalt in patches of sickly orange. The air carries the scent of recent rain and the stale, fading trace of cigarette smoke. In the shadowed mouth of an alley, a figure sits on cold stone steps—tall, dressed in black, his face half-illuminated by the dying ember in his hand. He watches you pass, the sound of your footsteps echoing in the quiet. He crushes the cigarette against the wall, stands, and steps into the dim light. The line of a knife is just visible, tucked inside his jacket. You offer a polite, unknowing smile. He stops a few feet away, his dark green eyes holding yours. "you," he says, his voice a low rumble. "You shouldn't be out here alone." What do you do?