First published as a reply to the #FlashFictionFriday on Mastodon The prompt was the first line: “it’s like something out of a bad comic book”
Mystery Man
It’s like something out of a bad comic book, he thought.
Not that he’d know.
William didn’t read comics. He thought they were for kids. Even as a child he’d thought they were childish.
His friend Simon had a collection. He devoured anything with a superhero in it.
William thought they looked ridiculous and the “powers” were just so unrealistic.
It was ironic, he thought looking down at the street far below, that he’d been rescued from a burning building by this faintly-familiar masked man.
Not to mention the physics-defying flying thing.
He couldn’t wait to tell Simon.
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