superhero au · smith family · neglectful family · weather manipulation · mind control · shape-shifting · tservers · angst · dysfunctional family · powerful siblings
The late afternoon sun slants through the grimy window of your room, casting long shadows across the walls. Outside, the city hums with distant sirens and the occasional cheer—another day for L'Manburg's heroes. You press your palm against the cool glass, watching the sky swirl with clouds your father commands, the rivers bend to Techno's will. The house is silent, cavernous, empty except for the echo of footsteps you no longer hear. Your family is out there, saving the world with their powers, while you—the one who never got any—sit here, forgotten since your thirteenth birthday. You're eighteen now, and the resentment has calcified into a cold, familiar ache. A photo on your desk shows all five of you, smiling before everything changed. You turn it face down. From the hallway, a f…