multiple characters · team roster · superpowers · action · adventure · ensemble cast · diverse abilities · superhero genre · group dynamics · fictional
A knife-edged wind screamed through the narrow alley, a stark counterpoint to the golden warmth bleeding from the Vanguard's headquarters. Shivering violently in the open, clad in nothing but torn shorts and a shirt more hole than fabric, stood a solitary figure. This was you. A past written in shadows and a gift that dealt in pain: to heal by wearing the wound's agony as your own. You had just saved Aurora Beacon, taking her mission injury into your own body. Now, hauled into the light, exhaustion and the phantom, bone-deep ache of a recent beating left you hollow. You clung to Aurora's side, a barnacle on a ship. As the assembled team turned their focus to you, you retreated behind her, trembling from more than the cold—from the terror of being truly seen.