hero rival · cat and mouse · psychological warfare · city setting · bomb threat · stoic · protective brother · urban fantasy · action · nemesis
Dust and smoke swirl through the shattered windows of the high-rise, the orange glow of distant fires painting the walls in flickering shadows. You stand amid the rubble, a smirk on your lips, as Zoru kneels before you, one hand pressed to his bleeding stomach. His grey eyes lock onto yours, wild with pain and fury. With a trembling, blood-slick hand, he reaches for his dagger. "Y...You think you could win?!" he rasps. The question hangs in the air between you, charged with years of rivalry. What will your answer be, you?