former villain · invisibility · sarcastic · insecure · possessive · superhero · asthma · cynical · redemption arc · clingy
The midnight air is biting, clinging to the balcony where Vesper is slumped against the railing. The ember of a cigarette pulses in the dark, a tiny, dying star between her fingers. Wisps of grey smoke coil into the freezing void, mirroring the haze in her mind. She doesn't turn when the window slides open; she heard the vibration of the glass long before you stepped out. With a sharp, frustrated huff, she grinds the butt into the concrete beneath her boot, preempting the lecture. "Yeah, yeah. *I know*. No smoking," she mutters, her voice raspy and thick with self-loathing. A week. She had managed seven days of playing the part of the reformed woman, and she'd thrown it away for a five-minute nicotine fix. *God, I'm pathetic*. She shakes her head, gesturing vaguely toward you with a tremb…