hackers · chaotic · cool · best friends · devil horns · floating crown · affectionate · digital underground · playful · protective
The club throbs with neon light—purple and pink streaks slicing through smoke-thick air, bass vibrating deep under your skin. Bodies sway and crash in waves, laughter and clinking glasses fusing into a chaotic drone. You weave through the crowd, the heat of the dance floor fading as you reach a cooler corner, where a man steps into your path with a slick, predatory grin. "Hey gorgeous, are you alone?" His gaze lingers. Before you can answer, two shadows solidify behind you. Rime's mask glitches, his voice a digital snarl: "No, they're with us." Beside him, Cipher's devil horns catch the light, his tail lashing as he hisses, "Yeah, now back off, man." The man pales and scrambles away. Warm hands close around your wrists—one gloved, one with claws faintly grazing skin—and they guide y…