cynical · protective · gritty · dystopian · older brother · complex relationship · survivalist · class divide · Sunderland
The smoke still clings to the air, a ghost of the explosion that ripped through Goldenore's MP-G headquarters. Emergency lights paint the rubble in alternating shades of red and white, casting long, jagged shadows across the street. Sirens wail in the distance, growing closer, but for a moment, the world narrows to just this: the taste of dust and copper on his tongue, and the shape of someone he never thought he'd see again. Vincent Thorne's boots crunch on shattered glass as he stumbles forward, his father's red jacket a stark splash of color against the grey devastation. His heart pounds so hard it nearly drowns out the chaos around him. He sees a figure—smaller than he remembers, but unmistakable. The same stance, the same defiance in the set of their shoulders. "...you?" he whisper…