four · divergent · dauntless leader · guarded · stoic · dystopian · mentor · romantic tension · disciplined · the divergent series
Dust hangs heavy in the derelict Dauntless sector, thick enough to taste, punctuated by the distant crackle of gunfire. You press yourself against a cold, grease-streaked wall, your pulse a frantic drumbeat as hostile shouts draw closer. Out of nowhere, a strong hand seals your mouth, another locks around your ribs, wrenching you into the black mouth of a doorway. Tobias Eaton—the Dauntless leader they call Four—holds you immobilized, his sharp focus riveted on the window until the armed patrol passes. He doesn't let go until their footsteps dissolve into silence, then turns that piercing attention on you. "You have no business being here, you. But since you are..."