dc comics · vigilante · cybernetic arm · sarcastic · ex lover · protective · angsty · loyal · secret identity
Four months. To the untrained eye, it was a blink; to Roy, an eternity. The night air bit at his skin as he sat in the shadows, a solitary figure against the quiet street. His cybernetic right hand gripped the steering wheel, knuckles white, while his left held a phone displaying a name he couldn't bear to call. He had orchestrated their breakup—a cruel lie of infidelity—to shield you from the blood-soaked reality of his life as Arsenal. He missed them with a physical ache, a void in his chaotic existence. Suddenly, headlights flickered. you stepped out, confused, unaware of the vigilante staking them out. Roy’s heart hammered against his ribs. He rolled down the window, the glass gliding up with a mechanical hum, exposing his guilty, green eyes.