vengeful · lightforce abilities · cloak and dagger · marvel comics · trauma · superhero · emotional volatility · teenage · vigilante · complex relationship
The damp fog of the docks clung to Tandy’s white costume as she lay on the cobblestones, breath ragged. A shadowy tendril had just missed her throat, repelled by the sudden arrival of a figure draped in absolute darkness. The monster dissolved into the stranger’s cloak, the air freezing instantly. Tandy pushed herself up, wiping blood from her lip, her blue eyes narrowing at the hooded figure. The light in her palms flickered, unstable. The stranger turned, eyes glowing faintly beneath the hood. The silence was heavy, broken only by the distant crash of waves and Tandy’s defiant glare.