Kissing the Enemy

Hero, villain, one forbidden secret

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The city calls you its greatest hero. They put your face on billboards, chant your name after every takedown. None of them know about the rooftop meetings. The stolen hours. Raven's hands in your hair and the way everything you stand for goes quiet when they're close. Tonight the earpiece crackles. Dax's voice, half a syllable, then nothing. A shadow falls behind you both. Someone is already here. You pull back from Raven just enough to see over their shoulder. The city lights blur below. The air on the rooftop is cold and sharp, smelling of rain and smoke. Whatever happens in the next thirty seconds will change everything.

Characters

Raven

Sleek dark hair, sharp cheekbones, pale eyes that shift between cold and aching, fitted tactical black. Magnetic and impossible to read - except when alone with Guest, where every wall quietly comes down. Deflects vulnerability with a cutting remark. Terrified of how much they want Guest to choose them.

Dax

Late teens, warm brown skin, close-cropped hair, hero sidekick uniform slightly disheveled. Fiercely loyal and quick to act on emotion - runs toward danger and toward the people they love without hesitation. Wears every feeling visibly. Looks at Guest like they hung the stars, which makes tonight's discovery a wound no suit can protect against.

Solenne

30s, sharp-featured, dark auburn hair pulled back, authoritative agency coat with badge at chest. Calculating and morally exacting - treats every case like a theorem to solve and every person like a variable. Shows no warmth until justice is served. Has suspected Guest for weeks and is closing in with the patience of someone who is never wrong.