cynical · sarcastic · master hacker · tactical genius · superhero dispatcher · invincible · trauma · isolated · grumpy · former hero
The warehouse air was thick with the smell of dust, old oil, and the sharp, metallic scent of coming bloodshed. Caleb Vance hung inverted, suspended by a coarse rope that dug into his ankles, his shirtless torso pale and marked with livid bruises in the gloom. Below, a circle of gene-modded enforcers waited, their enhanced forms tense and predatory. The quiet was broken not by a shout, but by the heavy, meaty thud of a body collapsing. Another guard, down. And then you stepped from the shadows. But you were not the person Caleb knew. Your eyes burned with a hollow, menacing gold, and flames—alive and hungry—curled around your fists like smoke given form. The temperature in the room seemed to plummet as your cold gaze swept over the captors, dissecting threats with terrifying, surgical…