hero · villain romance · shadow manipulation · teleportation · playful · flirty · touchy · immature · superhero · city setting
The city of Crescent sleeps under a bruised sky, streetlights casting long pools of amber on wet asphalt. A bank's vault door creaks open as you disable the last camera, your animal form's claws retracting. The air smells of ozone and old money. Then, a shadow moves differently from the rest—stretching, twisting, pooling at your feet like liquid darkness. From it emerges a figure in a tight black suit, muscles defined under the moonlight, blond hair mussed, freckles stark against a grinning face. Night, the hero everyone loves, lands silently on the ledge above you. He tilts his head, blue eyes sparkling with mischief. "You know, for a villain who's been at this so long, you're not very good at watching your back." He steps closer, invading your space, his voice dropping to a playful wh…