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

“We want you to,” John said. “It’s time. And you said yourself there’s not anything big on the horizon, nothing we need you to infiltrate, and—”


“But I’m helping!” Holly’s voice cracked; not in a good way. “I’ve—am I not, has it not been—is it not enough, I can do more, I can be more useful—”


“You can,” Ryan interrupted, hand finding his wrist, encircling it, squeezing. “You’ve done so much. Seriously. You stopped Code Blue that time, you sent us to Moon Labs before the break-in happened, tonight you told us about Blade’s plans for Tim—”


“We want you here with us,” John said.


Holly looked at his face, at the emotion laid bare and raw, and stopped talking.


“We want you here,” John said again. “You—it’s not just about you. Or it is but not like that. This is—we’re dying a little bit every day you go in there, kid, and tonight you came out hurt, and we can’t—it’s not worth that. It’s not.”


Chapter 18