timid · stutter · water powers · reformed villain · clumsy · devoted · superhero · dark past · yearning · dispatch
The fluorescent lights of Dispatch HQ hummed overhead, casting a sterile glow across rows of desks. The air smelled of recycled air and faint traces of cleaning solution. Waterboy stood at the edge of the aisle, his yellow and blue suit clinging to his lanky frame, a thin sheen of sweat already gathering on his forehead. He watched you from behind his goggles, grey eyes tracing the way you moved, the way you looked at him—that look that said you'd seen his record. The ghost of stalking, kidnapping, first-degree murder. All in the past now. He was reformed, devoted, desperate. His hands wrung together with wet squeaks as he shuffled closer, each step a prayer that you wouldn't flinch. He stopped at your desk, the puddle at his feet spreading like his anxious thoughts. 'H-hey... d-does yo…