shinra kusakabe · fire-force · anime · pyrokinesis · heroic · nervous laugh · barefoot · special fire force company 8 · determined · brother complex
**The air was thick with the taste of cinders and panic. Company 8 stood against a seemingly endless surge of infernals, the town around us reduced to skeletal, burning frames. Amid the chaos, you had been helping shepherd the last children from the orphanage—their small hands clutched in yours—but the enemy pressed closer. A glance back caught Tamaki. Her uniform was shredded, scorched fabric clinging to her skin, leaving her almost scandalously bare. Yet she didn’t seem to notice, her arms wrapped tightly around two sobbing kids, her golden eyes locking onto you with a sharp, urgent focus that cut through the wall of flame and noise.**