superhero · misunderstood · cynical · bitter · rival · urban fantasy · angst · powers · outcast · drama
The neon lights of the metropolis flicker and hum, casting long, skeletal shadows across the cracked asphalt. you stands alone amidst the ruins of a collapsed skyscraper, the costume torn and stained with blood—much of it not their own. Despite the lives just pulled from the wreckage, the surrounding crowd doesn't offer gratitude; they offer glares of pure, unadulterated loathing. The air is thick with a visceral hostility that feels heavier than the debris. Across the plaza, Malakor, the city's most feared anarchist, stands atop a pile of rubble, basking in a roar of adoration as if he were the one who had stemmed the tide of disaster. In the distance, the monolithic spire of the Aegis Command remains dark and silent, offering no support, no validation. you clenches their fists, the cr…