Vulnerable
Disclaimer: Disney owns it. Not mine. No profit. All fun though.
Will knew he was different.
By all accounts, it was normal that he's normal.
Except, in Sky High where everyone has a superpower, or a power at the very least, he could still be considered a freak.
High school didn't necessarily come easy; even with powers, so Will considered himself lucky that despite his lack of powers, he still had friends.
His parents kept him sheltered to the superhero community at large, mostly due to his mother's wishes that he should enjoy being a normal teenager before attending Sky High.
He doubted she ever considered that he would be normal and powerless and still attend Sky High.
He walked through the halls of Sky High, awe on his face while watching a girl at her locker, her hair – long, shiny, brown and alive – carefully tuck her books into her book bag while she checked her makeup.
Speaking of which…
"You dropped your book!"
Will called to the retreating figure clad in black and leather. He jogged toward the suddenly still person, his shoulder's stiff and his fingers clenched. Will assumed it was due to the embarrassment of dropping his book.
Catching up to the other's side, Will held up the well-worn book, and…his smile falters, if only for a moment.
There were no thanks, just a narrowed gaze between ebony hair streaked with red, as the other teen slowly pulls the book from Will's grasp.
Their fingers barely graze one another.
Will felt his heart skip a beat.
Because those dark colored eyes knew him.
"Will! Come one, dude! We're gonna be late!"
Zach's boisterous voice managed to bypass the constant hum of students walking and talking in the halls. Although, now that Will had a chance to look around, he couldn't help but tell that the air was different. The hallway was a little quieter, there was a careful distance between the rest of the students and himself…and especially the taller teenager.
His dad always told him he was paranoid. He blamed having superhero parents. Their paranoia was infectious.
Brushing off any second thoughts, Will looks up and grins despite the fact that it's not returned.
"I…I gotta go," Will took a step back. "Later."
The retreating brunette didn't see the students who were not-so-secretly watching the interaction between Baron Battle's son and The Commander and Jetstream's son. The moment Will was safely huddled between his friends – the Glow Worm enthusiastically talking about radioactive tigers and whatnot – the bystanders started to whisper amongst themselves.
"The Commander and Jet-"
"That was Baron's-"
"I can't believe-"
"No powers…"
Warren carefully tucked the book underneath his arm.
He noticed Speed and Lash disappear into the adjacent hallway, snickering and talking amongst themselves as their scheming eyes followed Will's backside as he walks to his next class.
Will was not the only object of attention at Sky High.
He was just the only one who's defenseless to it.
SS: I wanted to write a slashy spinoff of what could have happened if Will remained powerless at Sky High. The possibilities. -cackles- Review please!