Three superheroes in love! Or one superhero, one former sidekick, and one redeemed supervillain, at least. Ryan, John, and Holiday have been partners -- in every sense of the word -- for two years. They’ve saved the world, fallen in love, and remodeled the secret base to include bookshelves and a bigger bed. But Ryan and John have always been the public face of the team. The world still believes Holiday’s a villain. And he’s been using that reputation to stay undercover and share information. Tonight, though, Holiday comes home injured, and his partners aren’t sure the mission’s worth his life. Caution: this story also contains lasagna, superhero theatrics, home renovation, a thunderstorm, and very enjoyable use of superpowers in bed.

Extraordinary Book 1: Sundown, Holiday, Beacon

“I know you think so.” Holly shut both eyes, flinched as the motion pulled at injuries, reopened them. A smudge of unremoved theatrical eyeliner lurked around the left one. He did not look at either John or Ryan, focusing somewhere around John’s right foot, or possibly the tangle of lines beyond that, where Clifftop’s rock wall made friends with the floor. “I know you tell me so. I just…I’m sorry. I wish I could do more. I wish I could be…If I’d known about Doctor Dread beforehand, you wouldn’t have been hurt, and I…but they won’t tell me everything if I’ve not earned it, and I can’t earn it if I don’t do something that genuinely harms people, and I know I’m not doing enough for you…”


Ryan and John exchanged glances. More serious than they’d thought; not physical, but emotional. Internal bleeding. Old heart-deep stab-wounds, opened up and leaving chasms.


Chapter 11