Pale streetlights (Modern AU)
(Closed starter for @janofthedesert)
It was an unpleasantly hot and humid evening when she entered the gun shop on the end of the street. One of those days where you could not tell if your shirt was wet from the thick air or your own sweat. Of course she still had a job to do, even on such days. Sometimes especially on these days: the unbearable temperatures tend to make silent birds sing.
She knew she was a rare sight in shops like these. Anywhere she would have been a rare sight with her unnatural pale skin and the light swallowing long black hair. But seeing her in a place like this was a completely other thing. She was pretty, and a pretty face was what made her job the easiest and hardest in the world. She never seemed to fit in the shady areas this town had to offer and was always visibly an outsider. Women who would visit this shop would’ve looked like the cigarette smoke had eaten through their hair and skin and colored it in an ashen tone. Or they would have visible scars or injuries, looking for a way to protect themselves from the next late night attacker.
A small doorbell rang as she entered the store and she took a look around. Of course, the walls were plastered with everything a gun fan could hope for, the real dangerous stuff locked away behind easily breakable glass showcases. But she was not here to arrest the owner for his sloppy safety arrangements. She was looking for someone and this guy might know where to find her. Aldez took a glance over to the counter to find it empty. Maybe he was in the back of his shop. She decided to take a walk through the room, checking out the wares, then slowly walking up to the counter, leaning over and looking through the open door behind it. He was nowhere to be seen. Maybe he prepared everything for closing the shop for tonight. It was, after all, only half an hour til then.