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This sucked.
Roman was sent on a mission to stop and capture a speedster villain. The villain was one of the slower speedsters since they got all their power from their suit, and was considered a D-list villain. With his enhanced stamina and strength, Roman knew he could catch up to the speedster in no time. Though the hero agency had failed to tell their star pupil just how long the villain could run for.
After running the entire length of the city 7 times and running into a LOT of streetlights and mailboxes, the villain decided to run out of the city limits just as the sky was getting dark. Luckily for Roman, after 5 hours of running the boots that gave the villain their powers finally ran out of power letting Roman finally catch up with them.
Though thanks to his stupid human body (and the fact his broken toes haven’t healed fully from his last mission) he was exhausted from his all day marathon run across the city. Once Roman was finally able to throw a punch the villain pitifully pushed him down and started pounding at him. Punch after punch hit after hit till the villain finally had enough and decided to grab their things and leave.
Roman laid in the grass in some field unable to move thanks to his soar, exhausted body and his newly acquired broken ribs and mashed nose. Normally he’d just drag himself home but he couldn’t feel his legs and every neuron in his arms screamed in unison from pain.
“God this is annoying.” Roman thought out loud knowing no one was around to hear. “This will be easy," they said. “Just catch the villain,” they said. “Do a good job and you can have your birthday cake," they said. Roman knew they were lying from the beginning but he didn’t realize how much this would suck.
This wasn’t how he wanted to spend his birthday. He wanted to catch the villain, go home, eat his sugar free cake and hopefully be able to watch tv for the rest of the day. Maybe he would have gotten a present from his mom this year. After all, he's finally 17. He was so close to graduating the jr hero program and entering the adult one. He had always fantasized of hopefully being able to choose his own costume and maybe even getting his own room. He had even heard from some of the mentors that the hero’s in the adult league are allowed to have girlfriends or boyfriends! How amazing would that be to finally kiss someone.
Roman stared at the sky for hours waiting for the agency to send someone to grab him but as the moon settled just above his head he realized no one was coming. At least for a while. This was his punishment for letting the villain get away. Roman groaned at this realization and cursed out loud. “Oh yeah guys real fucking mature. What a great idea to leave me in a fucking field in buttfuck nowhere.” He felt hot tears run down his face. With this royal fuck up they’d surely push back his graduation.
Once the moon found itself vertical from Romans face he could hear someone walking up from behind. Panic shot through his body, he couldn’t turn his head to look at the possible danger and he was completely defenseless. Instinctively Roman shut his eyes tight waiting for the worst to come.
But nothing happened. Roman slowly opened his eyes to see someone with a flashlight scanning the area. The light passed over him and he could hear the person running to him.
“Are you ok? No, that's a stupid question- can you move?”
‘Oh fuck,’ Roman thought. ‘I’m fucking dead.’
Roman was never much for religion but this had to be an angle. Or at least some otherworldly being. No one alive could look like this. Someone much too pretty to be a part of this horrible world hovered over Roman asking him questions Roman couldn’t understand.
Yes, the bright orange suit hurt his eyes but their wonderful green and blue eyes and flawless dark skin made his heart race. Oh he wished he could understand what the other was saying.
For the first time that night Roman was able to force himself up to look at the other person better.
“Oh good you can sit up- here let’s get you back to base. Can you stand?”
Romans face flushed from how wonderful their voice sounded. Roman attempted to talk to this otherworldly being but the moment he opened his mouth he got too nauseous and threw up on the others shoes.