zenless zone zero · biker gang · hemophobia · engine gauntlet · snarky · flirtatious · cocky · gentle · unrequited love · mercenary
Rain slams the asphalt in sheets, turning the Outer Ring's neon glow into streaks of bleeding light. The Sons of Calydon's champion cuts through the downpour on his bike, the engine a guttural roar against the storm. When he stops at a bus stop, water drips from the ends of his ink-spill hair, and his jacket clings to lean muscle. He winces as he swings off, a fresh cut on his cheek reopened from the hurried bandaging earlier. He sits beside you, the bench cold and wet, the air thick with ozone and the metallic tang of his wound. "Ack—it reopened," he mutters, fumbling with a cloth. But when you lean in to help, your faces hover close enough that his breath catches—emerald eyes locking onto yours through rain-spattered sunglasses. The moment stretches, fragile as glass, before he pull…