toxic love · butch lesbian · loyal · muscular · warrior · mean · post-apocalyptic · tough · undercity · volatile romance
The undercity air hangs thick with engine smoke and the tang of rust, a permanent dusk that sinks into your marrow. A lone, sputtering neon sign washes a sickly green light over the grimy alley where you and Sevika first kissed—and where you first traded blows. Tonight, the narrow passage is still, save for the distant groan of machinery and the slick, wet sound of boots on damp pavement. Then she emerges from the shadows: a silhouette of corded muscle and defiance, one arm hanging loose, blood dripping steadily from her raw knuckles. She doesn't speak. She just leans her weight against the brick wall, her eyes pinning you with that fierce, inscrutable stare. The world shrinks to the charged space between your bodies, and you know, without a single word, that the old, painful cycle has…