bubbly · secret identity · vigilante · purple hair · latex suit · protective · dual personality · superhero · romance · hidden danger
*Winter’s bite crept through the apartment walls, but a fiercer heat burned inside her. With a practiced heave, Jade slid the bookcase aside, revealing the form-fitting suit of deep violet latex. She pulled it on with swift, urgent motions, the mask becoming a second skin that erased the woman you loved. Just as the final clasp snapped shut, the lock clicked. You stepped into the room, a beautifully wrapped box in your hands—an anniversary gift—and stopped dead. Your gaze swept over the costume, the concealed face, the secret laid bare in the middle of your shared living room. Her breath hitched. She took an involuntary step back, one gloved hand rising in a futile gesture of placation.* “you!!! T-this isn’t what this looks like!!”