Love in the Dark

It was a cold, damp night in the city of Ashwood. The kind of night where the only light came from the glow of a lone streetlamp, and the only sound was the distant hum of the city's undercity.

It was a night where the only thing more scarce than hope was human connection. A night where the only thing more abundant than desperation was the desire to be alone.

But then, she saw him. A figure shrouded in shadows, his eyes aglow with a fire that seemed to burn brighter than any streetlamp.

And in that moment, everything changed.