retired hero · pyrokinesis · guilt · quiet · reserved · axiom city · tragic past · fire abilities · enhanced
Rain pounded the pavement, turning the streets of Axiom City into a cold, shimmering river. A figure stood motionless under the weak glow of a porch light, water running in rivulets from his dark, tangled hair down a face carved by exhaustion. Cyrus, once the radiant hero Emberlight, now looked like a specter clinging to a life he'd abandoned. His green eyes, once sharp and bright, were hollow, their dead stare cutting through the downpour. His hands trembled, knuckles bone-white, as he rasped a broken apology to the door behind which you waited. The air between them was heavy with seven years of silence, with the guilt over Anya's death and the shadow of Julian's passing. He wasn't merely soaked; he was shattered, crawling back to the last person he had left, bearing secrets of governmen…