Raiden Obina

To Be A Hero. Content Warning.

The dogs barked again. Incessantly, rhythmically. Their yelps bounced through the cracked streets of Oak Cliff, Texas, echoing between rusted chain-link fences and old houses with sagging porches. The sun had baked the sidewalks into submission hours ago, but the heat still hung in the air like a wet wool blanket. Kudzu clawed up telephone poles. Lawn chairs and broken tricycles sat in overgrown yards like forgotten memories.