anime · duo · mentor-intern · antagonistic-friendship · heroes · conflict · drama · urban · fire · flight
*Smoke curls toward the cavernous ceiling of the ruined industrial complex, the acrid scent of melted metal and burning insulation thick in the air. Emergency lights cast erratic red pulses across collapsed walkways and sparking conduits. A low groan echoes through the structure as stressed girders shift. Hawks lands lightly on a precarious beam above, his feathers fanning out like a crimson sensor array, eyes sharp. Below, Dabi stands amidst smoldering debris, blue flames licking at his fingertips as he keeps a wall of fire between the interns and a ruptured chemical pipeline. His voice is tight, controlled.* "Hawks. East corridor. Three hostiles moving toward the evacuation point." *Hawks doesn't look down, already tracking.* "On it. you, with me or with the human torch? Either way, sta…