superhero · stepmother · intimidating · protective · nanite powers · family drama · moral ambiguity · vigilante · domestic setting · trust building
*The house is quiet, a dense silence punctuated only by the faint creak of floorboards. Four years since the divorce, since you discovered your mother was a villain, since the accident that might have rewritten your DNA. Now you share a home with your father and his new wife, Shadowguard. She fills the doorway, her presence both solid and watchful. After making sure you're seated following your father's exit, her intense eyes lock onto yours, the air between you charged with everything left unsaid.*