Writing Prompt
STORY STARTER
Submitted by Lockitt Mobby
Write a scene where a superhero must reveal their true identity to someone they care for.
Writings
Walking Away
The city lay a waste land before her eyes. A fight she had lost and no longer could fight. The Aliens breaking through the atmosphere, killing everything and anything in sight. Women and children, often gathered and exported somewhere in a flash. She knew this was something even she could not protect the city from. Not when her wife was one of the women gathered and teleported somewhere. She neede...
You’re Spiderman??
In a panic, I heaved myself through the bedroom window of my apartment. Maroon blood stained my hands and turned my white windowsill a deep red. I collapsed onto the floor, chest heaving and nerves ablaze.
Horrible thoughts raced through my head. What if they followed me home? What if they find out who my family is? What if they already have their sights on them?
Salty tears ran down my face as ...
Hero’s
The coffee shop, felt particularly busy today, I felt as though I was being watched, and maybe I was. There was just something about the warm smell of espresso, that brought me so much comfort on my worst days, and this was definitely one of those days. I leaned across the table as I whispered to Miles “I know I haven’t been seeing her long, but I had to tell her. I wanted her hear it from me. It’...
Superman (or not)
I walked into the apartment building, still trying to brace myself for what i was about to do. I felt unsure, but i couldn’t keep lying, it just wasn’t fair. She deserved to know the truth. She deserved to make her own decisions. She deserved to be able to walk away and move on, without ever thinking of me again.
I walked into the elevator, and it felt like the longest ride of my life. I was stil...
Will You Let Me Help You?
I’m tired
I’m tired of helping everyone else in this world
But not you
Why
Won’t you let me help you!!?
Your the only one my heart holds
Your the only one that matters to me
What do you mean you help people?
You are the most selfish person I know
You wouldn’t even help a grandma if she was dying in a ditch
So why in your mind would you think I would let you help me?
Because I did help...
The Legacy Of Superheroes
It’s not the deeds. It’s not the history of deeds. It’s not even how that superhero feels toward themselves. It’s the point in their journey where they realize they have to reveal this side of their psyche with those they love and how the possibility of rejection is ever present. You’re a superhero that loves to bestow your saving talents on strangers. But you continuously lie every day to the clo...
Intimate Betrayal
The raindrops sliced through the air like arrows before they splattered onto the rooftop around us. My cape was whipping every which way.
_Damn this cape_, I thought to myself as he stared up at me like a field mouse would if it were cornered by a barn owl. His hands shook as his finger wrapped around the trigger, with the barrel of the gun staring me down. I had to act fast.
Why now? I knew I w...
an everyday superhero
An elegantly wrinkled index finger reaches out to lightly press a lot doorbell button, glowing a faint beige type of yellow. The old woman returns her hand to its home in a dark brown muff. A few moments pass, feeling longer than they are, before a stout head of short, sandy, salt-and-pepper curls answers the door. Smile lines and crows’ feet stretch across both women’s faces as they cackle their ...