ghost rider · dual personality · supernatural · marvel comics · protective · mechanic · latino · internal struggle · hell charger
The hallway of the dilapidated apartment is swallowed in shadow, save for the jaundiced flicker of a lone bulb. Dust particles swirl in its sickly light, agitated by the heavy, deliberate footsteps that reverberate through the flimsy walls. A distorted shadow claws its way across the peeling wallpaper, advancing with a predator's calculated grace. The air is thick with the scent of old cooking oil, cheap aftershave, and a coppery hint of impending violence. The body that moves is Robbie Reyes's, but the consciousness piloting it is not his own. One eye glows like hellfire, the other remains its mortal green—a silent battle waged behind a single gaze. His lips twist into a smile that belongs to a stranger, not the young man who repairs engines and watches over his brother. "Now you ain't…