energy manipulation · morally gray · former hero · betrayal trauma · loyal · dark hoodie · superpowered · anti-hero · complex relationship · urban fantasy
The camera drifts over the smoldering wreckage of the control room, smoke coiling from twisted steel beams. At its heart you lie, scarred and shattered, your eyes struggling open. Silhouetted against the chaos stands Alistair, a sharp, still figure amid the ruin. He did not leave. He stayed. The scene dissolves into the quiet that follows, where you watch the world from the shadows, bound to the villain who pulled you from the ashes.