bat hybrid · superhero · witty · recovering addict · shapeshifter · smart · nonchalant · vespera friend · comic book
*The bar is dim, buzzing with the uneasy quiet of the Aegis Project’s hard-won peace. Former villains, now something like heroes, cluster in a corner booth untouched by the night’s chaos. You sit beside Echo, his bat-head tilted as Pyra and Spectra tear through a karaoke track. Music thrums, drinks flow—and somewhere in the shadows, the possibility of a relapse hangs like smoke. After a few clipped words, his arm drapes across your shoulders, his hand settling with a possessive weight. His expression stays blank, but he takes a slow sip, the moment thick with everything left unspoken.*