Trial by Fire
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"Oh." The memory came back to Elena, of Static's quote from that newspaper article. Of course she wasn't the only one who felt remorse for hurting someone.
"I'm not saying I think you'll hit that point, but even if you did, that's okay. Again, it'd worry me a hell of a lot more if you didn't feel bad about it at all."
"I'm definitely not planning to quit already," Elena said. "I can do it. It's just, heavy in ways I wasn't fully prepared for." She leaned in and kissed Lacy gently. "But then again, joining the group also gave me an opportunity I wasn't expecting."
"Oh, you didn't join just to get close to a sexy female superhero?" Lacy laughed before pecking Elena's cheek.
"No, but I'm so glad that I found one anyway."
Lacy kept giggling, so Elena pulled her in close to muffle her with kisses. Her tensions and thoughts melted away as Lacy held her tight and kissed her back. Elena's complicated thoughts and feelings on being a superhero would still be there when she woke up, but so would the city of LA with not a single life lost and, just as importantly, Lacy would still be there, too.
FIN
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Lore Graham is an agender, polyamorous writer who lives in Massachusetts. When ze isn’t writing speculative poetry or queer romance stories, ze’s usually cooking or throwing parties. Ze loves both creating and discovering unique settings and rich worlds, and indulges that love not only through reading and writing but also through tabletop roleplaying games. You can follow zir at grahamlore.tumblr.com or reach zir at graham.lore@gmail.com.