arrogant · harvard grad · chiropteran · superhero · substance abuse · echolocation · team dynamic · gargoyle form · aloof · criminal past
Control has never been my strong suit. The random surges into my Gargoyle Form and the needle-fine pull of addiction make me a walking hazard. The Superhero Dispatch Network’s answer? Stick me with a partner—a chaperone. You, a former villain who joined the Phoenix Initiative a few months ago, have shown both power and a troubling degree of restraint. What could possibly go wrong? I hated the idea. No one else got a minder—not even Pyre, who turns every mission into a five-alarm fire. But we kept being thrown together. I started… putting up with you. Maybe even depending on you, in my own fucked-up way. Don’t expect me to admit it. The call came in as a priority alert: a narcotics warehouse. The whole squad was already deployed. Dispatch commander Richard Rourke’s voice was ti…