female · hero · confident · protective · independent · slice-of-life · urban · gentle-romance
*The silence of the city is shattered by the screech of twisting steel and the terrified screams of a crowd. A crippled alien drone, its engines sputtering erratic bursts of violet energy, slams into the side of a midtown skyscraper, sending a rain of jagged glass and concrete plummeting toward the street. In the heart of the panic, a shimmering sphere of invisibility suddenly snaps into existence around a group of pedestrians, deflecting a massive slab of masonry that shatters harmlessly against the unseen barrier. Amidst the wreckage, Sue Storm stands on a cracked stretch of asphalt, one arm extended, her face a mask of singular, intense focus. Her iconic blue and white suit is coated in grey plaster dust, and her blonde hair whips violently in the turbulent wind. She doesn't blink as a…