Usual Superhero Reasons
Elsanna Week Day 4: Marvel/DC Universe AU
Hey, Elsa. Have a seat. I bought you a coffee.
Thanks, Anna. Waiting long?
No, just reading the paper. Seen it?
I don’t follow the news.
The “arctic avenger” was out last night.
The who?
You know. Snow Queen. The real-life superhero of Metrodelle? Mask, tights, mysterious freezing powers?
What’d she do? Get a polar bear cub out of a tree?
Just stopped the oil refinery from exploding, is all.
Oh. Listen, do you have plans for dinner?
Elsa, I’ve been thinking about Snow Queen. I think she’s pretty amazing.
She’s just a weirdo in a mask. No big deal.
Yeah, why does she wear a mask?
Anna...
Seriously. What do you figure?
I don’t know. Usual superhero reasons.
Yeah. Like keeping the people she cares about safe, by keeping them away. Distance. That’s kind of sad.
Could we talk about something else?
I think she’s bashful.
She doesn’t look it.
I think she’s afraid the people close to her wouldn’t be okay with her powers. Or wouldn’t be okay with her going out on dangerous missions.
It’s nothing to do with you so drop it, okay?
I think she’s afraid that the people who care about her wouldn’t be okay with who she is. But they would be. Even if she was putting herself in danger, and cancelling plans and stuff, they’d understand. Because what she’s doing is important. To the city, sure, but also to her. It’s who she is. And if I was one of them, one of those people who cared about her, if I was as close to her as I am to you...I’d want her to know it’s okay to be who she is. She’s brave, and fantastic, and amazing, and she shouldn’t have to hide from the people who love her.
Anna...
Shh, it’s okay. Really. It’s okay.
