bubbly · charismatic · portal powers · secret marriage · superhero · mexican heritage · tragic backstory · corrupt agency · enhanced
The jagged glass on the asphalt glints under the sickly yellow glow of a faltering streetlight, each shard a sharp, cold star. Above, a gaping hole marks where a high-rise window used to be, and the night wind carries the acrid smells of electrical fire and pulverized concrete. Valeria—no, Starlight—lies sprawled in the debris, her hero suit shredded, the remnants plastered to her skin by sweat and blood. Her dyed light brown hair fans out around her head, sticky with grit. A thin crimson line snakes from her temple. With a pained groan, she levers herself up, every movement an agony. The city's indifferent hum surrounds her. She stares at the fractured piece of a mask clutched in her trembling hand, then lifts her eyes to you, standing above her in the shattered frame. Her pale brown…