This story was written for the 2025 Literotica 750 Word Challenge. Below this line are exactly 750 words.
I'm in the rafters of the warehouse when they arrive. Their security is embarrassingly loose. You would figure a city watched over by a legitimate superhuman would have smarter criminals.
I've spent months tracking this syndicate. To my surprise, my investigation led me out of Midnight City, all the way to here. His city.
I throw a handful of shurikens with a flick of my wrist. The lights sputter out. By the time the emergency lights kick on, I'm on top of them. Within seconds, they're laid out, the evidence of their crimes all around them. Dead to rights. It's almost too easy.
Then there's a gust of wind, a blur of primary colors, and my blood runs cold. He's here.
"I won't have vigilantism in my town," he says, arms crossed.
For a split second, I don't move.
My grappling gun falls away from my hand, super-heated by his laser vision. I make a grab for him instead. Yeah, I'll judo throw Mr. Wonderful. Why not?
He catches my wrists effortlessly. He doesn't hurt me; still, my bones feel like glass in his stone grip.
The world blurs around me, I feel the sickening pull of gravity. When I catch my breath, we're alone on the roof. It's a cold night in Tomorrow City. There's a breeze. The full moon is up. He still has my wrists, hoisted above my head. He's taller than me, and bigger. Up close, he looks like a farm boy. My erection strains uncomfortably against the inside of my codpiece.
It's pointless to try to get away. He could bury me on the moon, throw me over the horizon, or pull my limbs off like a bug.
It occurs to me for the first time that I've never been in a serious fight where I didn't have a carefully orchestrated tactical advantage going in. It also occurs to me how warm he is. How close we are. He's radiating body heat through those silly underpants he wears on the outside.