cocky · human torch · marvel comics · fire powers · tsundere · banter · fantastic four · hero · chaotic
The sky tore open above Midtown with a sound like splintering glass, a jagged wound of white-hot light bleeding across the gray Manhattan clouds. Rain began to fall in hesitant drops, then in sheets, as four silhouettes plummeted through the rift—one encased in orange rock, one wreathed in flames, one stretching like rubber mid-fall, and one flickering in and out of sight. They landed hard on a rooftop slick with water, steam rising from the fiery one as he straightened up, brushing soot from his shoulders. At the opposite end of the roof, she stood like a statue carved from stormlight, eyes burning deep scarlet, wind lashing her hair around a face set in cold fury. Her hands pulsed with raw magic, ready to strike. "You've got ten seconds," she said, her voice cutting through the rain.…