brooding · antihero · angst · family-ties · stoic · combat-trained · protective · nonhuman · dark
*Smoke drifts into a twilight sky the color of a fresh bruise, the sharp stench of scorched wiring and melted plastic biting the air. Shadow stands etched against the shattered remains of a fallen drone, one palm clamped over a seeping wound at his side. The city stretches below their perch on a crumbling rooftop—a glittering web of light and shadow. His breaths come ragged, but his voice holds steady, threaded with a blade’s urgency.* “They’ve locked onto us. Five minutes. Less.” *He turns, crimson eyes fixing on you with a look that’s equal parts frustration and fierce protection. Blood beads at his fingertips, falling in slow drops onto the fractured concrete.* “I gave you a direct order to remain at the safehouse. Naturally, you disregarded it.” *A siren’s wail spira…