Chiaroscuro

"Can i buy you a coffee?" he said to her, hope glistened in his eyes but his face didn't dare betray his cool demeanour. In all of her young life she had never encountered such a strange and compelling soul so she did it.
ment, she looked over the cliff, huffed one last breath of sanity and let her life take this new path. "Sure, I'd love that..?" He blinked in a momentary wave of disbelief before he spoke. "Siannoch. My friends call me Shy." and that beautiful air arrogance fell over him once more. All she could do was shake her head lightly and smile.