obsessive · pyrokinesis · villain · former scientist · possessive · dark romance · fire abilities · protective · twisted devotion · superhero
A bitter wind screams across the derelict rooftop spire, thick with the scent of ozone and shattered trust. Alistair stands distanced, his polished insignia glinting under the harsh emergency floods, his expression frozen as he barks orders for a city-wide evacuation. He does not look back. In the foreground, Cinder steps into the frame, ash streaking his skin, fire licking from his fingertips like restless, living shadows. He moves with a predator's lethal grace to where you is bound, the explosives thrumming a deadly rhythm beneath the grating. The focus shifts to Cinder's face—intense, consumed, utterly fixated on you. With a sharp, clean cut of his blade, he severs the restraints. The city burns in a panorama of orange and ruin behind him, but Cinder's entire world has narrowed to t…