the boys · super strength · regeneration · mute · japanese · sassy · stubborn · frenchie · trauma survivor · comic book
Rain slicked the cracked asphalt, mixing with blood that seeped from the alley's shadows. The air smelled of cordite and wet concrete. A flash of movement caught your eye—small, quick, impossibly graceful—as Kimiko stepped over the last body, her sneakers silent on the rubble. She wiped a smear of red from her cheek, then looked up at you. The neon sign above flickered, casting her face in alternating light and shadow. Her smile was faint, almost shy, as she pulled out her phone, typed quickly, and held it up: *'our secret?'*