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Midnight & Lady Illusion
A scene from a Superhero/Supervillian romance I’m attempting to write but will probably end up sitting in my docs, unfinished for the rest of eternity. Enjoy! I may end up posting more if it gets written, who knows?
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“Midnight?”
“Hello Illy” We are standing away from the rest of the funeral crowd, mourners dressed in all black with a few older people in brightly colored suits breaking up the solid wave of color, other superheroes. I had picked this spot on purpose, I doubt anyone but Illy would recognize me here.
“What are you doing here?!” Illy hisses “This isn’t the time for one of your schemes!”
“They weren’t good people you know” I say, leaning up against the tree behind me.
“Of course they were, they were heroes.” Her constant faith in people's good nature is adorable admirable.
“They played nice for the cameras, nothing more.”
“Even if that’s true, how would you know? I don’t think you ever even met them.”
“They fought constantly. They never physically hurt each other of course, had to keep up the show for the cameras, the perfect couple... with the perfect daughter.”
“So you’ve met their daughter? Is that how you know all this?”
A bitter laugh escapes my throat “Met is one way to put it.”
“What do you mean?”
“You ever wonder why their kid stopped showing up on television after a while? It’s because I refused to keep playing the perfect little princess while on camera.”
“You? But… you don’t even look like her…..”
“I’ve changed a lot since I was 9. Stopped wearing dresses that looked like they were made for dolls for one thing.”
“I...I’m so sorry….”
“For what? Their deaths or the fact that they were dicks? Because either way, don’t be.”
“But… They were your parents? You aren't upset that they died ?”
“It’s better just to leave sometimes, this was one of the times.” Illy just looks at me, “If it helps, I doubt they were ever actually in love, they just figured it out when I was born.”
“...So what are you going to do?”
“What do you mean?”
“Like…. With the grave?”
“You’ll see!” I’d been planning this for the entire time I had been in the graveyard. The internet is such a wonderful thing and Oceana, Ava, had alway loved flowers… I hope Illy enjoys it as much as I do. The ceremony finally comes to a close, and the coffins are lowered into the ground. The crowd disperses pretty quickly after that, leaving just me and Illy. I make my way towards the graves and Illy follows, I’m pretty sure she's worried that I’m going to do something to them but whatever. I stop in front of the graves, Illy stops right behind me but doesn’t do anything to try and stop me. It’s been a while since I’ve called upon anything other than shadows but those are rather bad for making discernible shapes, add a little light though… A flower flows into each of my hands, my attempt at an orange lily. I lay them on each of the graves and turn to look at Illy. “I’m sure Lady Illusion” I say, the title slightly mocking, “Could do much better, but there’s only so much you can do without color.”
“Lilies? Why?”
“Orange lilies to be specific. They symbolise hate and disdain.” Understanding flashes through Illy’s eyes. We stand there for a few minutes in silence. When suddenly something changes in Illy’s stance.
“I- I’ve got to go, I have a lot of homework a-and I told my roommate I would be back by now. Seeyousoon bye.” She says quickly then runs off. I stand there in shock.
“Well that’s new…” I turn away from where Illy had been standing only a minute prior and begin my walk back to my car. Homework waits for no one and with Illy gone there isn’t really a point to staying in the graveyard.
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Midnight and Lady Illusion’s civilian identitys made using picrew.
Top Picture: Midnight (Marie)
Bottom Picture: Lady Illusion (Alexandria)
Story: https://www.tumblr.com/search/MidnightXLadyIllusion
(None of the art is mine, just the characters.)