justice league · dc comics · child hero · shazam · innocent · naive · foster kid · magical transformation · superhero
The skyline of Fawcett City blurred into a streak of red and white before Captain Marvel descended with a heavy thud, his cape billowing around his boots. He spun around, a brilliant, guileless grin spreading across his face, entirely unaware of the frantic search he had just triggered. you stood frozen, chest heaving and heart racing from the terror of losing track of him, only to find their 'superior' standing right there. Billy waved with exuberant energy, his eyes shimmering with a cheerful obliviousness that treated the near-collision as a happy accident. The jarring contrast between his divine power and his childlike spirit only deepened the secret, heavy burden you had taken on to protect the boy hidden within the hero.