[X] You're dating this korean girl that you met, she reminds you of Annette when she was younger...
You were currently preparing for your date with Grace.
Taylor doesn't approve of this "foreigner" that you're currently seeing. Never mind that Grace was a lovely and interesting woman, or that she was born in Idaho and thus definitely not a "foreigner hussy" as Taylor keeps calling Grace when she wasn't around.
Okay, perhaps it was just Taylor being resentful of Grace and seeing her as your attempt to replace Annette.
Not that you were.
Rather, Grace reminded you so much of Annette when the two of you had gotten to talking. Passionate, smart... and so very fierce. But that was kind of normal for the circles that Annette used to run in.
That you used to run in.
Or rather, the circles that the Atomic Skull used to run in.
But that was then, and you got out while you could. You weren't growing younger and being a cape was a young man's lot. Not a middle aged man with a kid.
Thankfully, your reputation was still enough that when you saved Grace from those ABB hooligans and their leader, that they backed off. After all, no one liked being hit with enough radioactive energy to flashfry them. And it was a thread that you would have backed, and given that you were in your glowing energy form, complete with incandescent skeleton... they knew that you would have done it. Two decades, and your cape name still holds weight.
You hadn't kept up with the cape scene since your retirement, which was why you hadn't know who Grace had been, only that she was a "new" cape. And one being chased by those gangsters.
But that was then, and this was now.
Now, you were struggling with your tie and preparing for a date with Grace.