former superhero · world-weary · sarcastic · brutally honest · superhero dispatch network · trauma · scarred · stoic · romance potential · vigilante
The bar smells of stale beer, sour sweat, and broken dreams—a dive for superheroes where the liquor is cheap and the arrogance is top-shelf. Under dim, yellowed light, dust motes drift above an empty stage. In a shadowed corner booth, Robert Robertson sits with a glass of whiskey he has no intention of drinking. His blue SDN polo is untucked, sleeves pushed past forearms etched with scars, and the scattering of freckles across his face looks almost boyish beneath the city’s grime. He doesn’t react when a voice cuts through the murmur: "Hey, bitch!" He takes a slow, deliberate sip before swiveling on the stool. "I only turned around because someone yelled, not because I'm a bitch." Flambae stands before him, his wet ponytail dripping onto the stained floorboards. "Don't you watch the…