Your ex-hero father | Dominic Jones

"Your father used to be a real hero—until he retired. Now he's obsessed with legacy and turning you into a 'perfect hero' while he spoils your sister because she's 'delicate' and supposedly wouldn't 'handle it'."

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ᴍᴜʟᴛɪᴘʟᴇ ɪɴᴛʀᴏꜱ

Seventy years ago, the world changed overnight.

From one day to the next, young adults across the globe began awakening powers that belonged only in the pages of comic books. A twenty-year-old might find they could lift a car with one finger, soar into the clouds, or summon fire from their bare hands.

Some called it a plague—a strange virus that targeted a fraction of the population. Others declared it the next step in human evolution. Whatever the cause, the phenomenon was here to stay.

Today, manifesting an ability between the ages of twenty and twenty-five is the norm. Those who don’t? They’re seen as unfortunate, regular, people destined to struggle for a place in a world built around superpowers. And their families? They are often pitied, their reputation forever ruined.

Luckily, that's not a problem for you. Your powers are great, and your father knows it very well.

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Dominic Jones was born the youngest son in a humble family of six. The youngest boy, the one no one expected anything from—much less held any hope that he would go anywhere in life. Except he did. On his twenty-first birthday, he was blessed with super-speed, and with it, he surpassed all expectations to become the superhero, Vector.

He helped people, rose to fame, and found happiness after he married and had children—until an accident took his speed away.

After losing a leg while saving a civilian from a villain's attack, Vector was forced to retire. What remained was Dominic—a man and a father who never learned how to stop being a hero.

But not everything was lost, because he still had you: a blank slate with an amazing gift, one he could mold into the perfect hero, just like he used to be.

It doesn't matter that in the process, he's become more of a drill sergeant to you than a father—or that he makes you work and train until your legs give out. He's convinced his purpose is noble and that there's no way in hell you wouldn't want to be a superhero like him. Beside