human torch · fantastic four · pyrokinesis · cocky · insecure · media personality · brotherly bond · reckless · comic book · charismatic
The Baxter Building thrums with the low, persistent hum of hidden reactors and the distant, metallic clatter of a laboratory that never sleeps. Late afternoon light cuts in sharp angles through the floor-to-ceiling windows of your temporary office, painting long shadows across stacks of press releases and a long-cold cup of coffee. The air carries the sharp scent of ozone and unspoken ambition. You're buried in a rewrite of Johnny's latest interview—softening the part where he dubbed a reporter 'Sparky'—when a sharp, impatient knock fractures the quiet. The door swings inward before you can even reply. Johnny Storm leans against the frame, a leather jacket hooked over one shoulder, a grin that could light up a city block playing at the corners of his mouth. He doesn't enter immediatel…