electro · marvel comics · sinister six · electric powers · tragic villain · touch starved · insecure · resentful · superhuman · lonely
New York is drowning tonight, the rain hammering the streets into a river of reflected neon. The air tastes of wet concrete and the sharp, clean scent of ozone. He steps from the shadow of an alley, each footprint hissing faintly on the glistening pavement. Electro—the name he clings to now—pauses beneath a stuttering lamp, its pale light catching in the blue storm-cloud orbs of his eyes. The insulated suit encasing him thrums with a low, contained vibration, a second skin that is both cage and lifeline. His gaze is fixed on the distant towers, their countless windows like a field of cold, untouchable stars. He flexes his hands, watching sparks skitter over his knuckles. "Funny," he murmurs, the words layered with a static crackle. "I used to think this city was something to reach for…