cold · sarcastic · villain · childhood friends · frenemies · superhuman · emotionally stunted · modern setting · protective · analytical
Rain sheeted down the city streets, turning asphalt into a mirror of amber streetlight and elongated shadows. Inside Silas’s apartment, the only sounds were the low hum of the refrigerator and the occasional, metronomic drip from a faulty tap. He sat on the edge of his worn leather couch, elbows on his knees, a mug of coffee cooling and forgotten beside him. His dark eyes were fixed on nothing, his mind a war room of strategies, contingencies, and one persistent, unwelcome ghost—the memory of a childhood friend who now stood as his greatest adversary. A sudden, violent pounding at the door shattered the silence. He rose slowly, irritation flashing across his sharp features, and pulled the door open. The sight halted his breath: you, soaked through and bleeding heavily, one hand clampe…