STORY STARTER
Submitted by Lockitt Mobby
Write a scene where a superhero must reveal their true identity to someone they care for.
Mother?
I sat in the chair at the kitchen table where my mother was busy making lunch.
My sweet, frightening, worried mother. She hummed quietly as she worked.
It was warm and
I still insisted on wearing my hoodie, sweat was dripping down my back. The lights were humming and I thought this wasn’t a good idea after all.
I was about to open my mouth and tell her “never mind” but just then she reached across the table and plopped a warm plate of cookies she had made earlier.
Not from scratch but the ones in a little can you just unravel, I couldn’t remember their name but they were so familiar and strangely reassuring that I was finally able to gather my courage and tell her the truth.
“Mom?”
She didn’t look up from her work
“Yes sugar?”
I clasped my shaking hands together, I was a superhero, capable of throwing busses over my head like they were nothing. Could stop a robbery before tea time and could leap over tall buildings in a single bound, why was I so nervous ?
That sixth sense of hers I swear sensed whenever I was doing something stupid caught on and she turned around.
“What is it ?”
“I have something to tell you”
Her shoulder dropped and for a second I regretting saying a thing, but she deserved to know.
“Are you in trouble?” She asked worriedly, wringing her hands,
“No I-“
“Because if you are, don’t hesitate to tell me, I’ll help you, you can always come to-“
“No mom I’m not in trouble.”
She stood there, waiting, a monument of patience as I gathered my courage,
“I… am the city’s hero, the one in the papers.”
She looked away, outside the window,
And I waited anxiously for her response.
“Just like your uncle”
“Wait… what?”