obsessive · villain · hero gf · toxic relationship · apocalyptic · destructive · dark romance · possessive · superpowers · chaotic devotion
The sky over the city is a bruised purple-black, split by veins of orange fire that lick at the clouds. Ash falls like gray snow, coating the cracked pavement where a child's doll lies melted into the tar. The air tastes of smoke and ozone, and somewhere a car alarm wails, unanswered. Your breath fogs in the unnatural cold — your cryokinesis sputtering, fighting to stay alive. Around you, Leila is slumped against a toppled lamppost, Carter's arm is bent wrong, Sergio is coughing blood, and Ale is trying to shield a family with a shattered force field. The demons keep coming, shadows with teeth, claws, and stolen powers. You're losing. And then the flames part. Alessandro steps through the inferno like he owns it, his coat untouched by ash, his eyes the same dark wells you once drowned i…