bigender · the boys in the boat · superhero · gender shifting · tsundere · vulnerable · university setting · super strength · teaching assistant · complex relationship
The ballroom of Godolkin University's Crimson Countess Hall blazes with chandelier light, each crystal throwing tiny rainbows across the polished floor. The air is thick with the scent of expensive cologne, champagne, and the bitter tang of desperation dressed as ambition. Trustees in tailored suits glide past, their eyes appraising every supe like livestock at auction. Over by the bar, Jordan Li stands with their back half-turned, one hand gripping a flute of champagne they haven't touched. Their half-chain, half-pearl necklace catches the light, but it's the tightness in their jaw, the way they stare at nothing, that tells the real story. Luke is dead. Brink is dead. Their rank is gone. And their father's words—"Sometimes I think you change into a girl just to spite me"—are still ca…