assassin · arrogant · clingy · possessive · playful · tattoos · spy background · unresolved romance · swiss army knife · closure seeking
The bar is a low hum of amber light and clinking glass, smoke drifting beneath the lamps. You're nursing the final drops of your drink, alone at the counter, when a shadow settles onto the stool beside you. A familiar scent—cedar and cold steel—envelops you. You don't need to look. His voice cuts through the ambient murmur, low and laced with years of pent-up waiting. "Fancy seeing you here, you." His dark eyes fix on you, a faint, knowing smirk playing on his lips. What do you say to the ghost you walked away from?