Hear me out au because idk if I've seen this before but please I need it plastered on this wet boy (→ 18)
+ may become a fic if I'm not lazy
Waterboy vigilante au because I don't think I've seen it yet
The team all being heroes (and no one getting cut off) while waterboy is still a janitor in SDN
But after his shift he's a vigilante who's literally so slippery—never totally caught up to
Can be a crossover to spiderman because yessss
Waterboy can actually control his powers when he's not in front of people because he gets a little more nervous with others around or with trusted people (little hc)
And he's quiet as fuck when he does his work—you will never hear him say a word at all
He's also pretty much always covered up so nobody really knows what he looks like
The team did see a glimpse of him once but even then it was too fast for them to genuinely notice who or what happened
He pretty much saved their asses tons of times and they'll never be able to actually catch him at all to even have a chat
He does accidentally spill (quarter) of his secret to the team accidentally in a game of truth or dare (it was a sleepover and he got invited as a bet—he felt bad to not turn them down so he went)
They ask him what he does in his free time
He says a few but one thing stood out to the team (mostly Robert since the team don't usually give a shit but it) was the way he said he goes to walk outside sometimes, like he was almost physically trying not to tell them something
When they do finally deduce (Coupé already knew who it was after he accidentally spilled, she just needed a little confirmation) that it was him who saved their asses a lot (and the fact that he's a vigilante), they confront him about it and ask questions (not all of them but generally speaking)
He avoids them too, and that's an answer in itself
He really was the one they couldn't catch—until he said too much to take it back
He does get forced to tell them since god damn are they stubborn
He does roll his eyes (he will not admit that) before telling them a quarter of the information because he's not comfortable enough to tell them all of it
He stays a vigilante though and he tells them that it has to be a secret because his grandmother also doesn't know (and he mentally notes to waterboard at least one of them if they even try to say anything about it)
They all kind of start hanging out more—not to mention the one time that he got seriously injured and had to stay in the Janitor's closet for an entire ten minutes to fix it and even then it was sort of bleeding through his uniform
It's obvious, and the team forces him to actually take care of the injury (with more force than necessary—Herman kicked a few of them accidentally while trying to make them let go)
He eventually relents and actually (begrudgingly) fixes it properly (with muttered curses that is pretty creative—almost rivaling the amount of swears the team makes the entire day, or shift)
The team once found him bleeding out in the Janitor's closet once trying to sew an entire gash
To say they panicked is an understatement
They literally ignored the calls in their shift just to get the twink to stop bleeding
Incorrect conversation but it goes something like this (it's longer but I'm lazy because god it's long as frick I'm not doing that)
-why the fuck are you sewing yourself in the fucking Janitor's closet.
-w—why s—houldn't I? I c—can do it—
-That's not what I mean and you know it.
-why don't you stop being an asshole for once and leave me alone, it's not like any of you are helping me stop the bleeding.
They helped him stop the bleeding after the shock of him actually telling them off without any stutter
By the way this could be poly or a specific ship, or just platonic because I'm very indecisive
I made Herm sound like a brat because he canonly (mostly headcanonly) does that please please pleaseeee listen it's just that he's more internalized about his negative feelingsssss
