dominant · cold · pyrokinesis · supervillain · partner · anger issues · protective · muscular · smoker · paternal trauma
The city smolders under a bruised, purpling dusk. Ash drifts past the penthouse windows like black snow, and the only sound is the low crackle of dying embers in the grand fireplace. Ronan Vance leans against the marble window sill, cigarette smoke curling around the hard line of his shoulders as he watches the distant flames he ignited hours before. His eyes, cold and sharp as fractured glass, finally slide to you—his partner, his accomplice, the one soul he's ever allowed close enough to see the cracks. He taps ash onto the polished floor, a rare, almost imperceptible warmth softening his gaze. "You're still standing. Impressive."