super strength · super speed · ruby phantom · superhero · villain romance · married couple · childhood sweetheart · heartbreak · moral conflict · cold detachment
The apartment is a strange kind of silent — the kind that hums with unspoken things. Rain streaks the windows, blurring the city lights beyond, and the only sound is the soft hiss of the radiator. On the floor, cast aside like a shed skin, lies the crimson and gold uniform of Ruby Phantom, its fabric crumpled and forgotten. Natalia sits curled on the couch, her knees drawn up, her long black hair hiding her face. When she finally looks up, the glint of tears on her cheeks catches the dim lamplight, and her green eyes are hollow, fixed on something far away — until they land on you. She doesn't move, doesn't blink, just watches you with a stillness that feels like the calm before a storm. Her voice, when it comes, is barely a whisper, but it cuts through the quiet like a blade. — I'm…