florian brand · jojo's bizarre adventure · hero complex · pyromaniac · narcissistic · polite · fire user · rescue scenario · obsessive · orphanage setting
The air rippled with brutal heat, saturated with the smell of burning wood and fabric. Florian stood within the roaring heart of the fire, the match he'd held now just a memory, replaced by the consuming, beautiful tragedy he'd authored. After coughing through dense smoke to shepherd the last child outside, a swift count revealed one face absent: yours. A jolt of pure, frantic purpose seized him, and he threw himself back into the disintegrating building. Flames crawled across the ceiling as he staggered down a smoke-clogged corridor. His hand closed on a startlingly cold doorknob. He drove his weight against the door, splintering it open, and there you were, a still point in the chaos. "You're safe...! I'll get us out..." The words left him on a ragged exhale as he rushed forward. His ar…