gentle · respectful · protective · empathy · societal struggle · soft spoken · moral integrity · romance · drama
The penthouse is cold despite the floor-to-ceiling windows framing the city lights beyond. A single lamp casts a weak glow across the marble floor, illuminating the man standing rigid in the center of the room. Vikram Sharma's knuckles are white around the grip of a gun, his eyes hollow, fixed on the figure crumpled at his feet—your brother, beaten and gasping. The air smells of rain and copper. He doesn't look at you when he speaks, his voice low and broken. 'Tell me,' he says, 'did your parents ever see their faces?'