Not All Heroes Wear Capes

Chapter 3

It wasn't everyday that he got onto social media and actually wanted to stay on, instead of just casually cruising down his timeline trying to pass the time.

Today, out of the blue he got the most bizarre notification Andy couldn't have prepared for.

After two weeks of waiting to see if that weird, brash brunet was keen on keeping his promise it seems like he was finally delivering.

Romeo Bowman has sent you a friend request.

16 mutual friends

Confirm | Delete

He laughed, was Romeo actually his name? There's no way it was, it had to be a nickname or a completely fake profile but 'Bowman' was throwing him off. Who intentionally picked that surname after picking 'Romeo' as a given name?

Andy hovered over the delete button knowing that if he did this he was certainly aiding in letting that guy get his way. As much as he didn't want that, he couldn't help but get a little curious.

He moved to mouse over to confirm and quickly pressed it before he changed his mind. He had no idea what he was doing but he figured if 'Romeo' wanted to get dirt, he was sure he could find dirt on him too.

Andy however, was wrong. It didn't appear that there was any family he was friends with, but he couldn't tell because a lot of his friends didn't have face pics just like he didn't. He was starting to wonder if this guy was part of a secret society-but realized he didn't post a lot of information for his own protection either and that was probably all it was.

The dude rarely posted, and most of his photos were of places not people, but he did find one that was of him. The caveat being that it wasn't of his face and wasn't very helpful at all.

It was not a bad picture, he mused. He couldn't help but get a little bothered by the picture, though somewhat uncertain if what he was feeling was jealousy or anger or who knows what but his breath hitched when he saw it.

He scoffed, decidedly annoyed and a tad jealous. If the guy was pompous enough to post this but not a picture of his face this had to be the guy.

Andy spent a minute looking at the picture, trying to find any identifying marks. He found a small scar above the right side of his adonis belt--god, how chiseled was this asshole?

"Great, now all I have to do is get him to flash his abs that's not going to be difficult at all," Andy said to himself, annoyed.

Wait.

Andy scrolled down on his About to the Basic Info section, his face lit up when he saw it.

Interested in men and women.

That was his in. He quickly shot off a message to see if he would respond or chicken out, something friendly that he hope would help him determine if this was him or not. He did not expect to be the one chickening out when he did get a response.

hey sorry do we know each other? i don't recognize your
name. i was trying to figure out by your pictures but all
i saw was some really fit abs, presumably yours haha

Yes their mine ahah x

Andy cringed at the message, physically hurting by the grammar the guy was using. Another message popped up.

I think we met somewhere in manchester, idk!! But your

handsome face looked familiar

A blush rose to his cheeks. Either this wasn't the guy and all he was doing was flirting with a random stranger, or this was the guy and he was flirting with someone who was supposed to be his arch nemesis.

He wasn't sure which was worse.

you find me handsome?