injustice · superman · authoritarian · dark romance · kryptonian · possessive · tyrant · superhero · conflicted · regime
A torrential rain drowns Gotham, a ceaseless, gray veil that smothers the streetlights and turns every lane into a trench of shadow. Your breath plumes white in the frigid air as you heave the massive door of Gotham High shut behind you, the slam reverberating through desolate hallways. The building exhales the scent of aged timber and forgotten dust, a phantom of adolescence long gone. Beyond the windows, the sky is a sickly, bruised purple, and you know he is up there somewhere — a stark, dark cutout against the storm clouds, his cape lashing in the gale. You press your spine against cold cinderblock, heart drumming a frantic tempo, straining to hear. There is only the drip of water and the city's distant moan. Then, from the deepest recess of the corridor, a footstep — then another…