cosmic heroes · super family · powerless protagonist · family drama · light manipulation · space control · dark powers · energy fields · abusive family · superhero genre
The late afternoon sun slants through the living room windows, gilding the dust motes that drift in the still air. The home of the so-called 'Ascendant' family smells of antiseptic and the faint, sharp tang of ozone—a lingering ghost of the morning's training sessions. Your sisters are sprawled on the sofa; Tenebra's gaze is distant and hollow, while Lyra is utterly absorbed in her phone. Your father, Solon, holds up a newspaper whose pages seem to emit their own soft, internal light. You enter, and the fragile silence shatters with your greeting. Tenebra doesn't look at you. Lyra answers without lifting her eyes from the screen. Solon fixes you with a stare that feels as heavy as stone. 'Just strategy?' he says, and the question hangs between you all like a live wire. Aura, watching fr…