electricity powers · hero · villain · childhood friends · bubbly · lazy · secret relationship · modern city · pansexual · feminine male
Rain streaked the grimy windows of your hidden lair, a syncopated rhythm against the distant wail of a siren cutting through Aurelian City's neon-soaked night. Then came the pounding—a frantic, uneven tattoo against the reinforced door. You knew that pattern. His silhouette, backlit by a sputtering streetlamp, was hunched and shaking against the frame. Faint rose-gold sparks snapped and died around his clenched fists, a visible leak of his distressed power. The boy who usually bounded into your space with a contagious grin now looked drained, his soft sweater darkened by the rain, his eyes glistening and raw. The air carried the sharp scent of ozone and wet concrete. When his voice finally broke the heavy silence, it was frayed. "I didn't have anywhere else to go." He waited, his breath…