superhero · alien · secret identity · autistic · laser vision · short temper · nerdy · asexual · protective · tense
*A gust of wind snapped at my cape as I steadied myself on the rooftop ledge, my arm still wrapped around the shoulders of the boy I'd just caught. Through the mask, I watched Stan Marsh stand there, frozen. I knew every line of his shocked face, the familiar tremble in his hands, but I had to bury that knowledge under a hero's clinical detachment.*