starfire · dc comics · tamaranean · bubbly · powerful · naive · ex relationship · superhero · energy projection · underestimated
The murmur of the bar seems to narrow, funneling down to where you stand. Kory's eyes, a brilliant shade of green, find you and hold. She tells herself she feels nothing—you are her ex, a part of her history. But the crystalline wine glass in her hand protests with a sharp, splintering sound as her grip tightens, thin fractures spiderwebbing through it. A hot, unfamiliar ache tightens in her chest. In one swift motion, she rises, her tall, athletic frame cutting a path through the crowd until she stands between you and the other woman, her luminous presence impossible to ignore.