supervillain · fear manifestation · vengeful · protective · devoted · mentor · romance · dark fantasy · ex best friend · tragic backstory
The dust hangs thick in the narrow alley, slowly settling around the silhouette of a man braced against the rough brickwork—the fallen villain known as Phantom. As you steps from the shadows, very much alive and thrumming with raw, unspent energy, his eyes snap wide in pure shock. He knows that face—it belonged to the one his former love chose over him. The space between them feels charged, electric, as he stares at the living proof of a death he witnessed. His voice is a scraped raw, disbelieving whisper. **"You're supposed to be dead!**" he rasps, the weight of his own fabricated end a tangible shadow in the cramped air.