Secret Identity || Ray Manchester x reader

Secret Identity

"What is so hard to believe about me having a girlfriend?"

Captain Man put his hands on his hips in exasperation. He looked around the Man Cave, waiting for an answer.

The others glanced at each other, seeming to be having a conversation with their eyes.

"Nothing, man," his sidekick finally said, having been silently delegated to answer, "It's just, well, you've never really had a girlfriend before."

Oh what they didn't know, you thought. You watched Ray, your boyfriend, talk to his friends through a crack in the door leading to the Man Cave.

These people, with the exception of Ray, had no idea who you were-or, at least they thought they didn't-yet you knew so much about them. Ray had told you so much since you'd begun dating that you felt like you already knew his friends, even if you'd never met them.

Your boyfriend's voice brought you back to reality.

"I have too had a girlfriend-Tana Sommers, fourth grade." Ray shot back.

"Since we've known you," the boy you knew to be Henry rubbed his temples.

"Ok, well, Evelyn Hall!"

"You never called her back, remember?" The girl-Charlotte-responded.

"Lacey Lumbar!"

"She tried to steal your inventions!" That was Jasper.

"Gwen!"

"She tried to kill you!" Charlotte added.

"Oh, I know," Ray clapped his hands together, "Henry's mom."

"Dude, my mom is not your girlfriend," Henry sounded disgusted.

"Well, not anymore," Ray whispered.

You found yourself absentmindedly making a fist, and looked down, unclenching your fingers carefully.

You'd heard about Ray's relationship with his sidekick's mother. According to him, they'd been very serious ever since he rescued her from the jaws of a shark, until he broke it off with her shortly before meeting you. Although, knowing Ray, some of this might have been an exaggeration.

"If you had a girlfriend-"

Ray looked like he was about to argue again and Henry held up a hand, continuing quickly.

"-which I'm not saying you don't, why wouldn't you just introduce her to us?"

You played with the hem of your blouse.

"She just-well, I'm not ready to introduce her to you yet."

You silently thanked him for not revealing your secret. You weren't sure anyone would actually believe Ray's reason, seeing as you'd been together for nearly a year now, but you appreciated anyways.

The truth was, you weren't great with meeting people. You always got all flustered and your cheeks felt hot and you never knew what to say.

Ray was the only exception to that rule, always making you feel comfortable and safe.

You had always been shy and you just weren't sure if you were ready to meet all of Ray's friends, especially all at once.

It was ironic that you could crush a man's windpipe just by looking at him but you feared making a simple introduction.

Which was the other truth Ray wasn't telling his friends, which you knew was probably killing him.

You were kind of a superhero. The Sorceress, to be precise. You'd become quite infamous in Swellview since you'd arrived there shortly before you met Ray. You'd known practically no one when you'd arrived.