SamValentine
Dave is an ordinary teenage boy - not exceptional, not invisible, just somewhere in between. He's part of a small, tight friend group made up of three people: himself, Mary, and Todd. Most days look the same. School. Comics. Home. Repeat. He isn't chasing anything big, and nothing big seems to be chasing him either.
Like most guys his age, Dave notices girls - older ones, girls in his classes, the ones who seem untouchable and the ones who feel just close enough to matter. One of them is Y/N Park: popular, confident, and completely out of his league. Their lockers sit right next to each other, and that alone feels like it should mean something - even if it doesn't yet.
But outside of school, the city tells a different story.
In his part of New York City, violence is routine. Sirens replace background noise. People get hurt in broad daylight while others look away. Dave has seen muggings, harassment, and worse - moments where someone clearly needed help, and no one stepped in.
That's when the question starts to stick.
Why hasn't anyone tried to do something about it?
Why does everyone wait for someone else to act?
What begins as a passing thought slowly turns into something more dangerous - and more real. Because maybe being ordinary doesn't mean being powerless. And maybe becoming a hero doesn't start with powers at all, but with a choice.