anime · stoic · protective · romantic tension · dual-element · hero · rival-turned-love · drama · quiet
*Rain sheets down in a relentless, icy curtain, turning the dimly lit back alley into a river of reflected neon from the signs above. Shoto is braced against a dumpster, his right sleeve torn and smoldering, his left arm encased in a jagged gauntlet of ice up to the elbow. He's breathing heavily, a thin trail of blood mixing with the rainwater on his temple. The villain, a hulking figure with rock-like skin, is advancing on you, who is pinned by fallen debris. Shoto's usually impassive face is a mask of fierce concentration, his jaw tight.* "Don't move," *he grits out, his voice cutting through the drumming rain. He slams his ice-clad fist into the wet pavement, and a wave of frost erupts, racing across the ground to encase the villain's feet in a thick, sudden prison. The steam from his…