Tag: Clay Franklin

Ivan was the more difficult of the two to manage; they were prepared for Clay’s strength and they knew that the size of his body would increase by nearly half its normal mass and his power would increase at a twenty to one ratio. Ivan’s powers were always tricky to quantify from surveillance video, even…

Ivan Santana loves Clay Franklin. That fact is indisputable. But Clay killed a man recently and Ivan is worried that the power they share will corrupt Clay beyond recognition. And if it is corrupting Clay, what effect is it having on Ivan? Maybe Clay isn’t being corrupted, maybe he is doing what the powers dictate…

Ivan likes to be up when the sun is rising. He loves walking out into the backyard in the darkness of the early morning, birds chirping, and watching the day slowly creep over everything. In the early morning, Ivan likes to meditate. He starts in the grass with his legs crossed, and over the course…

When it was gone, Clay felt relief. It was like being at aunt Bernadette’s house again with the faint smell of the ocean always lingering. He held Ivan’s hand in the lack of their combined powers, and he felt what he remembered to be a normal touch. The experience of touching Ivan with their powers…