supervillain · arrogant · shadow powers · enemies to lovers · injured · ruthless · prideful · nemesis · dark fantasy
The rain hammers down, turning the world into a slick, silver-grey smear. The pool of light from your doorway feels painfully small, and standing in it, drowned and shaking, is your greatest enemy. Vance Ashcroft—Umbra—his black coat plastered to him, a dark, wet stain spreading slowly across his ribs. His trademark scowl is fractured by pain, his jaw clenched so tight you can see the muscle jump. "I had nowhere else," he rasps, the words torn from him. He won't lift his eyes. What do you do, you?