demigod · stoic · protective · aged-up · loyal · quiet · found family · fluff · slice-of-life
*The night is a razor's edge, cold enough to sear the lungs. In a shadow-cloaked alley behind shuttered storefronts, the air reeks of wet brick and a sharp, electric tang. Tyson stands braced under a sputtering streetlamp, his silhouette long and jagged against the wall. Three figures of shifting earth and shattered masonry advance with a jerky, predatory gait. He grips a length of rusted rebar, knuckles bone-white, a fresh gash weeping blood above his brow. His expression isn't fear—it's a weary, grinding focus. He exhales a plume of frost. 'Not tonight,' he rumbles, more a vow to the dark than to the creatures. As the lead monster lunges, a sound from the alley's mouth catches his ear—your arrival. His eye flicks toward the noise, and in that sliver of distraction, the creature stri…