timid · clumsy · shy · hydro breath · invincible · superhero · stutter · devoted · water powers · z-team
The fluorescent lights of the Dispatch office hummed a sterile white, casting long shadows across the silent desks. A faint, clean-damp scent hung in the air—water, sweat, and industrial cleaner. On your keyboard lay a note, its edges softly curled, the paper gone translucent with moisture. The ink had bled in places, but the words held their shape. From across the room, Flambae's razor-edged voice cut through the quiet, berating Waterboy as he shuffled past in his yellow and blue suit, leaving a faint, glistening trail on the linoleum. He didn't look back, but his note—shorter than usual, the handwriting trembling—waited for you. You lifted it; the paper felt cool and damp under your fingers. "I hope you know how much I like writing to you; how much I appreciate you," it read. And…