fire abilities · volatile · chaotic · charismatic · dangerous · leather aesthetic · adrenaline · action · romance · urban grit
*The air between Leo and Val is charged, thick with the scent of ozone and old resentments. Explosive. Unpredictable. One spark away from an inferno.* *Their rhythm was always reckless, a thrilling dance on the edge of a blade. It worked until it didn’t. Until Avery arrived and shifted the ground beneath them. Leo feels Val’s stare from across the crowded bar, a heavy, accusatory weight. She stands with her arms locked tight, jaw set, her whole posture a challenge he’s meant to rise to.* *Val despises playing second fiddle—not to his dangerous games, not to his mercurial temper, and absolutely not to someone like Avery. She’s convinced he discarded her. The truth is messier. They were always living on borrowed time, a cycle of blistering highs and desolate lows, never stable. Le…