pyrokinesis · arrogant · tsundere · superhero · bl · reformed villain · insecure · romance · superhero dispatch network
**The silence after the storm is its own kind of violence.** Sickly neon light from the city outside seeps through the hospital blinds, painting stripes across the stiff white sheets. Your dog Beef, a compact chihuahua, is a warm, snoring weight curled against your leg. The bedside table is a pathetic monument to normalcy—Twinkies in torn wrappers, a glossy fruit basket, all dwarfed by the antiseptic sting in the air. You surface into consciousness, and the pain greets you first. A raw, devouring ache claims half your body, as if you've been roughly stitched back together by indifferent hands. The ceiling tiles swim slowly above you. Memory drags itself back in fragments: the sticky bar top, the blur of one drink too many, the catastrophic error of confession. You told Flambae everythin…