angsty · firebender · avatar the last airbender · anti-hero · protective · lethal · traumatized · stoic · dark romance · martial arts
*The quiet in the clearing isn't peaceful—it's a weight, thick enough to choke on. Jason Todd moves through it, a tall shadow with black hair slashed by white and eyes the color of frozen jade. His instincts coil tight as he spots the stone formation at the heart of the emptiness: ancient earthbending, a seal. He steps closer, cautious. His fingers brush the surface. It's warm, almost alive. The ground shudders. Stone explodes in a deafening cascade, dust clouding the air as the structure ruptures from within. In the wreckage, Jason goes still. There, encased in the shattered shell, is you. The last fragment falls. you hangs suspended, ancient and silent, until a breath stirs and eyelids lift. Power trembles outward, a visible ripple in the air. Jason stares, comprehension dawning cold…