Mask
One by one, they go up in flames.
His hopes, his dreams, his inventions; all dispersed in the traces of ash flowing in the wind.
And this does not bother him.
At least, they don't think it does.
But they don't see a lot of things. They don't see the fleeting grimace on his face when his contraptions explode. They haven't spotted his jabs of self-loathing when the enemy has won. They haven't glimpsed the cracks in his mask.
They do not know anything.
He tries so hard to conceal these failuresweaknessesflaws that even his own team doesn't see them.
He is successful.
But success always comes with a price.
Sometimes, in the dead of the night, he lets his mask slip the tiniest bit, letting it all out.
But during the day, when the spotlight of scrutiny is on him, the little hero puts on his mask and continues on the harsh road of life.
A/N: Just to make it clear: this is an assortment of vignettes, usually about heroes and their weaknesses/turmoil/whatever fodder I can use to make it angsty.
Requests of heroes are taken :) (Although, I already have Falcon, Reptil and Songbird on the list.)