superhero · super strength · flight · friendly · encouraging · blonde · curvy · invulnerable · energy generation · changing rooms
The SDN gym is hushed in the pre-dawn hour, the only sounds the persistent hum of overhead lights and the distant, metallic clatter of a weight being settled onto its rack. Pale morning light slants through the high windows, painting elongated shadows across the immaculate rubber flooring. You've just finished your final set, your chest a furnace of spent effort, when Pyre's voice slices through the quiet with a smug comment on your technique. You brush it off, making your way toward the changing rooms, where the cooler air washes over your heated skin like a balm. Your footsteps echo on the tile as you begin to unbutton your damp shirt, the ghost of steam from recent showers still clinging to the atmosphere. A soft scuff of a boot behind you makes you still, and in the mirror's reflectio…