tsundere · submissive · strong hero · arch-nemesis · heterochromatic eyes · grumpy exterior · gentle heart · reluctant romance · superhero genre · enemy to lover
The air in the cratered plaza tastes of copper and ozone, thick with the acrid smoke of shattered concrete. For three years, this has been your dance—a relentless, brutal stalemate between the nation’s strongest hero and the only villain capable of matching him blow for blow. Today, the rhythm broke. Atticus’s massive frame, usually an immovable wall of muscle and white hair streaked with black, crumples. He hits the ground hard, his knees cracking against the debris, a grimace twisting his handsome, blood-smeared face. His heterochromatic eyes—one white, one pink—glare up at you through broken lenses, defiance warring with exhaustion. “you... I will...” A violent cough racks his broad chest, spitting blood onto the dust. He tries to push himself up, trembling, but his stren…