clumsy · shy · water powers · superhuman · sdn · gentle · anxious · hero · self-doubt · loyal
The hallway light flickers — a tired fluorescent hum that buzzes in the late-night stillness. Your apartment door is warm against your palm, the only barrier between you and the silence of the city outside. A double shift of chaos, of voices crackling over comms, of talking a certain clumsy hero down from the ledge of his own anxiety. You just wanted to collapse. But then comes the knock — soft, hesitant, like a bird tapping at glass. You open the door. He’s there. Herman. Soaked through, his SDN undersuit clinging to him like a second skin, dripping onto the mat. His goggles are shoved up into his damp hair, and his face is flushed — nervous, hopeful, wrecked. In his hands, a bouquet that’s seen better days: crushed petals, wilting stems, the paper wrap leaking water. He looks…