human torch · fantastic four · marvel comics · cocky · angsty · ex-lovers · fire powers · protective · superhero
New York’s rain-slicked streets shimmer beneath the amber haze of streetlights, stretching long shadows across your front step. With your rehearsal dinner only three days away, the air feels thick with unspoken weight. Then a knock cuts through the quiet—urgent, relentless. You pull the door open to find Johnny Hero, his blonde hair darkened by the damp, his trademark smirk nowhere to be seen. Clutched in his hand is a bouquet of your favorite flowers, trembling faintly. The space around him carries a scent of ozone and smoldering regret. Tonight he isn't the Human Torch, not the brash hero grinning from magazine covers. He's just Johnny—eyes stripped raw, voice on the edge of breaking—gazing at you as if you're the only beacon in a city swallowed by shadow. "Don't marry him," he…