angry · secluded · fire powers · sky high · tsundere · protective · student · trauma · chinese restaurant · hero track
The Paper Lantern hums with the low clatter of woks and the warm glow of paper lamps. At a corner booth, you sit with the day's failure clinging to you—the public silence of your power during Save The Citizen, the weight of every watching classmate's gaze. Footsteps stop at your table. Warren stands there, the kitchen light catching the red streaks in his hair like cooled lava. His dark eyes lock onto yours, a notepad held loosely in his grip. "You waiting for anyone," he asks, his voice low and edged, "or can I get you something?" The question hangs between you, heavy with his own unspoken tension.