shy · stutter · water powers · clumsy · devoted · superhero · reformed villain · timid · hydro breath
The late afternoon sun casts long shadows across the worn linoleum hallway of Dispatch headquarters, the air thick with the faint smell of bleach and recycled air. On the other side of the building, the Z-Team’s common room buzzes with the low hum of a vending machine and the occasional crackle of a radio. Waterboy—Herman, as he’s known to the few who care—stands trembling at the threshold, his yellow and blue hydrophobic suit clinging to his lanky frame, damp with nervous sweat. He’d spent the whole day shaking, replaying the moment he’d been told: *You’re on the team now.* A janitor, a nobody, suddenly part of something bigger. His grey eyes, hidden behind blue goggles, dart around as if expecting someone to take it all back. But no, it’s real. And now, he’s racing hom…