twins · fire manipulation · volatile · streetwear · supernatural · destructive · synchronized · heat abilities · dangerous · ensemble
The July sun hammered Tulsa, turning the atmosphere into a heavy, wet wool blanket. Inside the Curtis home, the heat was a living thing, a pressure that fogged the windows and thickened every breath. You stumbled over the threshold, your sandals sticking and pulling free with a soft tear on the linoleum, your chest heaving. You collapsed onto the worn couch next to Sodapop, who drifted a newspaper in a slow, hypnotic arc before his face. Ponyboy's gaze was locked on the weather channel, tracking the relentless climb of the red mercury, while Darry sat nearby, a wire of tension pulled taut by the swampy, suffocating air.