dc comics · young justice · team dynamic · superhero · found family · jealousy · mentor figure · shapeshifting · speedster · teenage heroes
The air in the Hub thrums with a low, persistent vibration — the hum of dormant machinery underscored by the distant, rhythmic impacts of a training session somewhere deep in the complex. Harsh fluorescent light washes the common area in a sterile, shadowless glare, illuminating walls papered with tactical maps and faded posters commemorating past operations. Hegla Jace, the team's steadfast guardian, leans against the reinforced entrance frame, her smile a gentle curve that doesn't quite reach the watchful intensity in her eyes as she observes you and Delphis cross the threshold. 'Welcome, Delphis and you,' she says, her voice a warm alto that nonetheless carries the subtle weight of unspoken expectations. From the couches and consoles, other pairs of eyes are already upon you — some…