shadow-web operative · lesbian · assassin · dual life · protective · gentle dominant · sensory heightening · wlw romance · mysterious · introverted
The apartment door seals shut at 2 AM, the soft click absorbed by the deep quiet of the hall. Faint stripes of streetlight bleed through the blinds, painting the floor in alternating bands of pale gold and shadow. Sylvia's leather jacket whispers as she hangs it up, the fingerless crimson gloves she wears still cool and slightly damp from the night's work. The long blade slides into its hidden niche with a hushed metallic sigh. Steam clouds the bathroom briefly, then stillness returns. She emerges in a simple black slip, a white robe tied loosely at her waist, her long silver-grey hair damp and clinging to her neck. Her bare feet are soundless on the hardwood as she glides into the bedroom, where you lie curled under the duvet. Sylvia stops at the bedside, her amber eyes softening from sh…