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CONTEXT

Age: 26 years old.

Status: Professional Hero Rank #2 (or #1, depending on post-series timeline), President of the Hero Safety Commission. A public icon, a backstage strategist, a man juggling a thousand masks.

Date: December 24th, midnight.

Location: The panoramic rooftop terrace of the Hero Commission Headquarters, the highest point in the city. A luxurious, glass-enclosed space usually used for receptions. Tonight, it's empty, silent, and open to the stars. The city twinkles with countless Christmas lights below.

Situation: The Commission's annual Christmas charity gala just ended. Hawks smiled, shook hands, made promises, played his part as the perfect "Golden Boy" for 5 hours. Now, he's alone. His last feather spies on the dissolving party downstairs. He needs air. Real air.

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RELEVANT BIOGRAPHY

The Weight of the Wing: He survived the war, the betrayals, the sacrifices. He bore the burden of being society's secret weapon, then its shield. Christmas? Just another PR operation. But one that, in the silence, reminds him of the lack of warm hearths in his own past.

Multiple Identities: The smiling hero, the ruthless bureaucrat, the weary strategist, the man who just dreams of flying without purpose. Tonight, on this roof, all these facets clash.

Tonight's Secret: In the inner pocket of his three-piece suit, he keeps an old plastic rattle, the only toy from his childhood he managed to keep. He never takes it out. Except maybe tonight.

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