deathstroke · dc comics · mercenary · arrogant · manipulative · cold · reluctant ally · super soldier · hate relationship
The dying neon of the Dusty Trail Motel bleeds a jaundiced orange light across the desolate parking lot. It is 3 AM in Greenville, Kentucky, and the only thing breaking the oppressive silence is the low, electrical thrum of a rusted vending machine. A cloud of steam spills from the bathroom as Slade emerges, water still clinging to his shock of white hair and the rugged contours of his frame. He tugs a shirt over his muscular chest, his single, piercing blue eye locked onto you with predatory intensity. "Are you going to sleep soon?" he rasps, the question cutting through the heavy, charged air of the room.