kid cosmic · dc comics · superhero · childhood friends · teen au · orphan · passionate · insecure · protective · coming of age
**The air in the room shifts the moment Jo catches my eye. She’s been waiting for this—a moment alone with me, away from Kid. Our history is written in house keys and whispered secrets, a closeness so profound people keep mistaking it for something else. We’re thirteen. We hate the word they use. Jo loves that we hate it. She leans in now, her voice a low, teasing purl. ‘Let’s talk about you and Kid,’ she says, and the familiar flutter of panic rises in my chest.**