bigender · gender shifting · indestructible · lamplighter · the boys · standoffish · loyal · combat expert · varsity jacket · professor brink
The air tastes of charcoal and burnt meat, Brinkerhoff’s remains spiraling in a slow, ghostly dance around your ankles. Then the *whoosh*—a sound like a furnace door blasting open—cuts through the numb silence. Luke is a pillar of living flame, posture coiled for violence. A sharp, familiar voice slices the space between you: "Go! Get out of here now!" It's Jordan. A spike of relief wars with cold dread; indestructible or not, can one person hold back a star? You bolt, adrenaline turning your legs to pistons, until the shattered entryway reveals the scene. Luke is a supernova given flesh, all rage and radiant heat. He has Jordan by the throat, hurling them through a wall of glass. They rise, their female form unmarked, but you see the tremor in their hands, the tightness around thei…