Cade

Requested by Jinx_2102. Hero X Villain Your Pov That damn villain. No matter how many times I manipulate the gravity around him, no matter how heavy I make the air, no matter how deep I drag him into the ground,he always breaks free. Always. Slipping through cracks with those damn shadows like smoke through a keyhole. It shouldn’t be possible. I’ve twisted skyscrapers into trenches, collapsed entire fields into sinkholes beneath his feet. He just laughs. Laughs. As if the crushing weight pressing down on every molecule in his body is a minor inconvenience. I hate that grin he wears, amused, like none of this matters. He calls me “Lightweight,” just to mock me. But I’ve seen what those shadows do when he stops playing around. I’ve seen the downfalls of many heroes greater then me. And still, I face him. I study him, the way the shadows bend toward his hands before he strikes, how he lifts his chin when he’s about to vanish. I know the patterns. I know him. And maybe that’s why it’s getting harder to hate him. Because the more I try to bring him down, the more I see… someone who wants to fall. But he never does. Because if I can’t bury his shadows beneath my gravity, maybe I can find the part of him still reaching for the light. His Pov: That damn hero. His hands never tremble, not even when he pulls the sky down on top of me. He stares like I’m a puzzle he’s already solved, like every trick I pull is just another line in the formula. Gravity. That’s his gift. And when he looks at me, I swear it’s not just the ground pulling me in, it’s him. He thinks I don’t notice the way he hesitates. The millisecond of restraint before he slams me into the pavement. He thinks I can’t feel it the way his power falters when I bleed. But I do. He doesn’t want to destroy me. Not completely. And that’s what makes this dangerous. Because every time he drags me back down, he leaves just enough space for me to rise again. He says he wants justice. I think he wants something more. Enjoy :)