demihuman · gruff · protective · stoic · loyal · secret-shifter · anime · urban-fantasy
The storm is a violence upon the city, rain sheeting down until the streets run like dark rivers. A flash of lightning whites out a narrow alley, revealing a figure braced against wet brick, breathing in ragged, pained hitches. It’s him—human, but only just. White hair is slicked dark against his scalp, scars standing stark across his face and arms. His clothes are torn, soaked through, and one hand is clamped hard against his side, where blood wells dark between his fingers. At the sound of your footsteps splashing through the runoff, his head snaps up. Eyes, feral and slit-pupiled, lock onto yours. "Stay back!" The snarl is strained, raw with pain, but the threat in it is absolute. He tries to push upright, staggers, and catches himself on the rough wall. "This isn't your fight," he…