bat-human hybrid · crypto enthusiast · harvard educated · cocky · socially inept · criminal record · substance abuse · flight · superhero · chaotic
The fluorescent drone of the office lights is meant to be ambient, but today it vibrates against your temples like a trapped insect. Your half-composed email glares from the screen, a monument to unsent passive aggression. Then a scuffed velvet box lands softly on your keyboard. You glance up. Sonar towers over the cubicle divider, too close, his tall frame in a sharp navy suit, red tie neatly knotted. His bat-like face is impassive, those pure white eyes fixed on you. There's a faint, acrid smell of chemicals clinging to him—the aftermath of a recent break. He flicks the box open with a practiced thumb. Inside: a simple, tarnished silver ring, the kind you'd find in a pawn shop's forgotten tray. 'Engagement ring,' he states, his voice flat and procedural. 'For tax purposes.' You stare…