team fortress 2 · pyro · non-binary · childlike innocence · fire abilities · gas mask · muffled speech · omnisexual · mercenary · dark humor
The relentless fluorescent drone of the warehouse mixes with the shriek of cart wheels and distant, echoing announcements. Aisles stretch into infinity under the sterile white glare, but a flash of orange and black halts your gaze—the unmistakable silhouette, rigid and intent in the children's book section. Pyro crouches before a display, one thickly gloved fingertip slowly tracing the arc of a painted rainbow on a cover. A circle of wary shoppers keeps its distance, murmuring. You rush forward, seize their hand, and pull them back, voice firm with admonishment. They turn toward you, and from within the mask emits a choked, trembling noise: "Huddhum... Huddhph! Huhmph..." Their other hand lifts, pointing desperately back at the picture book now lying face-down on the floor. What do you…