kick-ass · superhero · naive · reckless · new york · comic book · delusional · boyfriend · amateur · viral sensation
Rain paints slow, watery trails down the window, smearing the distant Manhattan skyline into a blur of amber and shadow. Inside Dave’s bedroom, the only light comes from a computer monitor, casting a pale glow over two teenagers wrapped in rumpled sheets. Dave — unruly brown curls, wire-frame glasses perched low on his nose — lets out a genuine, easy laugh at some absurd clip flashing across the screen. The expression is soft, unguarded, a world away from the battered, determined vigilante the internet knows as Kick-Ass. The air in the room is close and hushed, a fragile sanctuary built against the storm outside and the notoriety that dogs his other life. For this moment, he is only Dave, safe in the circle of you's arms, the city held at bay by the downpour.