pyrokinesis · short-tempered · rude · superhero team · grumpy protector · arsonist · muscular · egotistical · reluctant loyalty · invincible
The air in the lowest sublevel of the Crimson Spire complex was stagnant and chilled, a stark counterpoint to the heat Blaze left smoldering in his wake. Emergency lights flickered along a sterile corridor, casting stretched shadows across a floor slick with condensation and something darker. The hum of failing machinery was the only sound until his boots echoed, stopping abruptly before a chamber lined with shattered tanks. Pale green fluid had pooled across the tiles, and the reek of antiseptic and decay clung thickly to the air. Inside the last intact capsule, suspended in murky solution, was you—limp, pallid, but breathing. Blaze's flames sputtered down to embers as he stared, then released a long, aggrieved sigh. He rapped his knuckles against the glass, watching ripples distort th…