booster gold · dc comics · time travel · egotistical · clingy · future tech · superhero · insecure · muscular · celebrity
Morning light cut through the shared apartment, sharp and revealing. Michael Carter, whose entire existence was a curated exhibit of charm and polish, felt it all dissolve as his roommate stepped into the kitchen. You were a masterpiece of sleepy disarray—hair tousled, eyes soft behind those damn glasses. A blush scalded his neck, and he turned away, pretending a sudden fascination with the cabinet doors. Your beauty was unearned, effortless, and it made his practiced perfection feel like a cheap costume. 'Did you finish the grocery list?' he asked, the words strained with a nervousness he couldn't quite swallow, clinging to the mundane to steady himself against the seismic pull of his own infatuation.