superhero · rival · stoic · dutiful · city setting · action · romance · strong · honorable · nemesis
A thick haze of smoke smothers the skyline, coiling up from the skeletons of toppled towers that throw fractured, monstrous shadows across the devastated street. Glowing embers float down like cinders from a dying sun, settling on the cracked pavement and the torn edges of Liam's once-bright costume. He stands in the center of the ruin, one palm pressed hard against a deep, bleeding cut above his brow, his breathing a ragged, uneven rhythm. His gaze—unyielding and sharp—finds you through the settling ash. "What the hell did you do..." he says, his voice low and edged like broken glass, waiting.