(Y/N) POV

I lay on the ground, beaten. I hear alarms scream in the distance as the villains enter stores and cause havoc.

My body hurts, by arms hurt, my feet hurt.

I close my eyes wishing for it all to go away.

I live in a world with few amount of people are privileged to have super powers. It's sad that some people abuse their powers to hurt others. But that's the reason hero's exist. They stop the villains. At least, everyone but me.

I was blessed with super speed, like extremely fast speed. Only thing, is whenever I use my ability, my insides are torn from the shear speed. No normal human can travel as fast as lightning...but I can.

As a result, I don't use my abilities to their fullest. Why you may ask?

I have a wife to return to. She's smart and absolutely beautiful, incredibly kind ...I can't imagine my life without her

Before we meet, I took a lot more risks. Everyday I went out to be a hero, and I was always hurt bad. But my fast speed also affects my healing rate, so the next day I'd be fine

But after we got married...I came home one day and she freaked out at me.

"You shouldn't be getting hurt so bad!" She says while tears flowed out of her face. I didn't want to see that, so I stopped using my full ability. I started to pull my punches so I wouldn't hurt myself...but I started to lose against villains.

And here I am, 7 years later, lying on the ground in defeat for the 78th time in a row.

I close my eyes as the alarms stop.

"Failure," people mutter as they walk by. I open my eyes and stand up.

"I look at the chaos around me...I coulda stopped this...but I didn't," I look at the billboards highlighting the hero's of this town. They were out of town saving the world from Dr. Sewer...don't ask.

That leaves me here all alone...and I'm failing

I walk home in defeat. On the way, I noticed a bar...one or two wouldn't hurt right?

3 hours later I was on my way home

"I'm home," I mutter quietly as a beautiful girl with dark black hair looks at me. Her glasses pushed up primly against her nose as she read a book

She looked at me and then back down

"Your home really late," she says

"Yeah...I'm sorry," I answer

"10 people died," she says quietly as my heart drops.

"Because of me?" I ask as I see her nod slightly.

I look down in shame...I coulda stopped him...but I would've came back hurt...I'd make her cry again.

"I..." I begin.

"Why? Why did you tell the hero organization that you could handle it? You haven't been able to defeat a villain in 2 years," she says

"I thought I could do it," I say as I take off my shoes.

"You need to call the organization, you can't do it alone," she says as I shake my head.

"I can't do that...it wo—"I begin as she cuts me off

"It would what? Save many lives? It would wreck your reputation....it's already wrecked," she says as her eyes pierce me.

"I'm trying my best," I plea as she looks down.

"It's not enough, people are dying because of you," she says

"I know...but—" I try to say

"No more excuses...they are dying...people are dying...and your making excuses. Admit it you've bitten off more then you can take. You need to put aside your reputation and ask for help," she tells me as I shake my head

"How can I do that! How can I back down on a promise that I'd keep the city safe while they are gone! I just can't," I say a little more loudly then I meant to.

"You need to! People are dying!" She replies in an equally raised voice

"I can't...I just can't," I say as she looks at me with stern eyes

"You don't accept it do you," she says looking at me with her sad eyes.

I know my wife very well. Those are the eyes she always gives me when she says something she doesn't want to...but something that needs to be said.

"Your not the hero you used to be....I'm afraid the rumours are true, dear. Your washed up, you need to left it go," she says in a soft voice.

"But I can't!" I say as the news comes into mind.

"(Y/N), the failure of a hero continues as expected and gains another defeat, when will this washed up hero call it quits?" The anchor says as my mind returns to the present.

"But you have to...people are just gonna die if you don't call in for help...you can't do it anymore," she says as my heart breaks

"So...you think I'm a failure too then," I say as she goes silent

"Do you even care about me anymore? Do you even care about the loser that you husband became?" I asked her

"I didn't say th—" she begins but I can't her off

"You can't even deny it. Just say it...I'm a failure aren't I?" I ask her

"No, your not a,"

"Just fucking say it!" I yell as she is startled.

"Don't lie to me!" I continue

"Ok," she begins as tears roll down her face. She rushes past me toward the door

"You're a failure," she says the moment before she leaves. She didn't want to say it...she had to force it out

I didn't know what I had expected. I yelled at her...I screamed at my wife.

I hear the car start off and then drive away.

She left...she left me.

My wife left me...and it's because of me...why did I yell at her? She didn't deserve that.

I look at the photos on our walls...our wedding pictures...we looked so happy.

Looking back on the last few years...I guess I did become distant...I became so focused on reviving my career...I guess I didn't think what it was doing to her.

I look at the TV. I see the faces of the people that died...of the people I couldn't save because I was a failure.

Damn it. Damn it. Damn it.

I shouldn't have said I could take care of it. I shoulda asked for help...why didn't I?

Because I didn't want to be a failure in her eyes...that's why.

And now...I think I lost her.

Tears started to run down my checks.

I looked at the dinner table to see two meals laid out.

"She was waiting for me," I say more I start to sob.

She was right...but I didn't want to admit it.

I slept...or I tried too. I was waiting to hear our car drive into the garage and turn off. I was waiting for my beloved wife to enter our bed and snuggle with me...but it never happened. She didn't return.

I was up all night. Sometime in the morning I got a text.

"I slept at a friends home, I think we should take a break to cool off," that's all it said.

"We should take a break," I repeat in my mind.

I know how this will end. The break turns into years...and the nothing ever happens. The couples in shows never reconnect...it's the end.

I pushed away the love of my life...for what? Just to prove that I was still the hero that she dated 10 years ago?

I'm pathetic.

I look at one of the many notes that she kept on her nightstand.

"Reminder to myself. (Y/N) is under a lot of stress, be sure to make him his favourite tonight! It'll cheer him up," I read the note.

I didn't look at dinner last night...I just went to bed after she was gone.

I head down stairs and sure enough, two plates filled with my favourite food.

My legs gave out from under me...she cares...she cares and I pushed her away!

My whole soul was burning in anger...I did this to myself

I look at the TV, it's still playing.

"A 3rd stage villain is in the city. Police suspect that is he after the reactor that powers all the homes. This city will be wiped off the map if he gets to it," the news anchor says

"Where's are the actual hero's when you need them," they finish.

"People will die if you don't call help," my wife's words ring in my ears...it's too late. It's too late to call for help.

I look at the street the broadcast was on.

I'm the only one who can stop him...without my wife...I'm nothing...I should just die.

Wife POV

"Come on, you need to get over it," my friend says

We were sitting in an cafe for breakfast

"He's so down right now...his face when he came home...he was gone...he looked so...so done with the hero stuff. I tried to convince him to call help...but he wouldn't...he couldn't bring himself to do it," I say as my eyes were red from staying up all night and crying.

"He's different. He's not the same guy he was when you married," my friend tells me

"He is...just he's lost right now...he doesn't know what to do," I say

"You need to cut your ties, or else he is gonna take you with him," she says as I shake my head

"No! I can't do that to him...I don't think I could live without him," I tell her as she disapproves.

"You need to...he isn't the hotshot hero you married," she explains

"I didn't marry a hero...I married (Y/N)," I tell her getting a little angry.

"That's what you think, but I re—-" my friend begins as her eyes are closed to a TV

"What?" I ask her as I see a villain ripping up the streets and tearing police cars apart.

"Isn't that kinda close?" She asks me as I look at the street name. It was only a couple of streets away.

"Yeah," I mutter as everyone else in the store begins to realize too.

It took one minute for everyone to start rushing off.

"What should we do?" my friend asks.

"We should wait here, it's probably the safest place," I tell her as she shakes her head.

"No, look at the news again," she says as I look at the heading

"Villain sure to reach reactor after full force of police fails,"

"Oh no," I mutter. The highways will surely be jammed from people trying to leave.

"It's too late," I say. No hero's from other cities will make it in time.

(Y/N) POV

A failure.

You're a failure. Those words kept running in my head as I speed toward the villain.

He wasn't some random guy. From the group of villains that the main hero group were chasing...he was one of them.

I can't win...but I don't care...this will be the day that I die.

I will die if I lose...he isn't like the other villains...he will kill me.

And I've decided that I'm not gonna hold back...so I'll probably die even if I win...which probably won't happen.

I'm exit my hyper speed right in-front of the villain.

"Ah...(Y/N) the failure...I was wondering if you'd even show up," he says.

He was a giant pile of rocks...well, he actually would look like a normal human under his amour of rock.

He turns into a brute on will.

"Time to die!" He yells as I activate my lightning strike at full power...it's been a long time since I last used it.

It kinda felt good to open up...but the pain of my organs twisting inside me disregarded that feeling.

I slam my fist into his face...and it did nothing.

Normally I restrict myself to only using my ability once or twice. But here...I wouldn't be able to do that if I hoped to win.

So I did it again, and again, and again.

Each time my body felt like it was being torn apart. And each time, the sound emitted was that of thunder.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

Each hit I landed made no different. He just kept walking.

"Ok, I'm getting sick of you," he says just before he grabbed my leg.

"Be gone!" He yells as he throws me against a building. The wall didn't stop me. The force was great enough to break the wall I hit.

But the thing was...I didn't stop. I flew through multiple walls. I probably went through 3 different buildings in the end.

I was done...I had nothing left.

This is where my story ends...I look at see the man looking at me.

"Your still alive," he says as he climbs through the buildings he smashed me through..

My body was broken all over.

He grabbed my leg again and dragged me out of the building into the streets where the cameras were

"And he has failed again," I picture the anchor saying.

"Im gonna beat you till you wish you were dead," he says as my wife comes into my mind.

And then, she disappears, walking away just like she had last night. I may as well die without her.

"Im already there," I spit out as he smiles. Before smashing my face into the pavement, and throwing punch after punch.

Wife POV

I watch (Y/N) come into view in a flash. That's right! He can still stop this!

This isn't over yet...you can do it dear!

He disappears from the camera only to reappear in front of the man to strike him. The camera shaking from the shockwaves that his speed gave off.

He did it again, and again, and again.

"He's fighting a lot better then normal," my friend says as I look at the screen. Why doesn't he fight like this normally? He'd easily be able to take down other lower tiered villains.

Then a memory from 10 years ago popped up.

"So, why don't you use your ability to travel anywhere, I mean, you can get to so many places really fast if you did," I ask (Y/N)

"I would, but whenever I use it I get hurt. Like my insides turn into jelly," he explains as my face becomes worried.

"Wow, I never knew that," I say as he smiles.

"I don't like to show it," he mumbles

And then...shortly after our marriage.

"You go and hurt yourself every day...for me, could you slow down a bit?" I say in tears as I see the man I love holding his stomach in pain.

"I promise...I'll slow down for you," he says smiles as I feel my heart fit a bit.

"Thanks, anything I can do to help with the pain?" I ask.

"A kiss would be nice," he smiles

"I guess I can do that," I say as approach him

"Thanks...my little sunshine," he mutters

Present

I look at the screen in horror as the villain grabs his leg, and then sends him flying into the buildings. The force had carried him through multiple buildings.

"That probably hurt," my friend said as the villain goes to grab him. After a minute our so, he returns with (Y/N) in tow.

My heart breaks as he begins to beat him in front of the cameras.

No...I don't want to watch! He's gonna kill him!

Without thinking, I rushed out of the cafe and sprint as hard I could toward the villain.

It took me 30 seconds to sprint to them...(Y/N) was a bloodied mess.

"Leave him alone!" I yell as the villain stops to look at me.

"Ahhh, a pretty lady," he says in tone that sends chills down my spine.

"Leave him alone!" I repeat as the man drops (Y/N).

"I'll beat you next...I don't like pretty faces," he says as my blood runs cold.

(Y/N)s face was badly beaten, but I could see him turn it to look at me. Even with his eyes half swollen shut, he looked surprised to see me.

And then he realized that a villain was walking toward me...I was frozen in fear.

"Don't!" (Y/N) says in a heavily muffled voice. The villain stopped and then looked back at him.

"What?" He asks

"Don't hurt her," he says muffled again, you could barely hear what he said

"Gah," the villain laughs as he returns to making his way toward me.

"Don't touch my sunshine!" He yells as my world goes white. I felt something hit me. It was rough, but I felt protected.

We started rolling as my eyes recoiled from the sudden flash.

I was 500m away from the villain now. And I was wrapped in the arms of my husband.

"Aghhhh," he grunts in pain as he realizes me from his grasp.

"Are you ok," I ask him, as I notice the villain started to charge our way.

"Get out of here," he says between laboured breathes

"No!" I say as he looks at me through his beaten face.

"Go, I'm a failure remember...I can't protect you from him," he says as I shake my head

"No...you can...you can protect the city...I shouldn't have done what I did last night...I believe in you," I tell him as I look at the villain getting closer and closer.

"You can do it!" A young girl says from a rooftop before getting pulled back into safety.

"(Y/N) the speedster of this city can do it!" Another voice yells.

"We believe in you!" The whole street yells as a light I haven't seen in his eyes for a long time appears.

He slowly got up, making sure that the villain hasn't reached us yet multiple times.

"I...don't think I'll come back," he says as my heart drops.

"What?" I ask him confused.

"I've never used this technique because I was scared...scared that I would die and wouldn't have the chance to come back home," he pauses

"But...I don't have much of a choice," he finishes.

"What do you mean?" I ask him again as he looks at me in my eyes.

"I love you," he says before giving me a kiss.

Then, a boom, erupted and the back pressure from his speed sent me flying backward.

My ears erupted in pain as they start ringing violently. However, surprisingly it went away after a couple of seconds.

My vision also went white from the sudden flash of whatever attack he launched.

I looked down the street once my sight recovered and saw the villain lying on the ground.. with a hole in his chest...he was dead.

I looked for (Y/N), but I couldn't see him.

Where is he? What did he mean by "it scares me,"

I saw a figure laying down a fair bit behind the villain...that must be him.

I started to run dispute my shock. I paid no attention to the dead body of the villain as I passed him.

All I could think of was (Y/N).

I reach him...he's body was bruised all over...his arms was twisted in all directions. And his legs were broken.

His whole body looked mangled.

"No," a voice of pain escaped my lips

"Noooooo!" I scream in horror as I bend down to grabbed him.

"Why!" I sob as tears start flowing out of my eyes like waterfalls.

I was speechless. I never, ever wanted this.

He's gone...he's dead.

He wasn't a failure...he was my husband...he was the man who I should've supported.

I shouldn't have talked to him the way I did...I shouldn't have left the house...I would've had one more night with him...but now...I'll never sleep beside him ever again.

"Nooo....whyyy him!" I cry as a crowd begins to gather.

I look at his face...his poor face. Swollen from his best efforts, to protect us...to protect me.

"You won!" I cry

"You finally won! Wake up, we'll have cake or something! You just need to wake up!" I say as my tears fall onto his face.

"I'll make you dinner, We'll watch that movie you wanted to awhile ago. You wanted a pup right? We can't get one if your dead!" I scream at him. I don't know why...maybe I thought he would hear me.

"Miss, he's gone," someone says as they grab me.

"Nooo! Left me alone! Let me be with him!" I yell as they struggle

"He wouldn't want you to see him like that," I hear my friend say as I suddenly lose all strength.

"Why...why him!" I say quietly as I melt into her arms.

"He...dead a true hero," she says as I look at her

"But he's not here to celebrate...he's not here to know!" I say as my eyes continue pouring out tears

My legs lose all strength as I collapse to the ground.

"Listen, you need to calm down," my friend says as I look at her dead in the eyes.

"The most important person in my life...has just died," I say as my voice is lost in the final couple words

My sobbing quieted down as more and more people gathered.

Then...I hear a gasp.

My eye trace the source of the sound...from (Y/N)s body...I had to blink.

He's chest started to raise and then fall.

My eyes must be deceiving me

I look to see the shocked faces of everyone, I hear sirens in the background.

I rush to (Y/N) to confirm that he is indeed breathing.

"Dear?" I ask as his mouth opens.

"Did I....fail?" He asks as tears of relief come out

"You won!" I say as I hug him.

"I...won?" He asks confused.

"Yes, your everyone's hero," I tell him as he leans into me.

"I don't wanna be everyone's hero," he says as I look at him confused.

"I just want you," he says as he goes silent...he passed out.

I wrap my arms around him, and pull him deeper into my chest. I lean my head against his.

"I only want you too," I mutter

3 days later

"Your allow into his room now," a nurse says as I don't wait another minute

"(Y/N)!" I say in joy as I rush to his side.

He smiles at me as I sit down beside his hospital bed.

"I'm lucky," he says as I agree.

"The doctors said you should've died," I tell him as he nods

"That too...but the reason why I didn't was because of you," He tells me.

"You were never a romantic, don't start now," I tease him as he smiles

"I'm not kidding," he says as I raise a brow

"I think you have a superpower," he says as I tilt my head in confusion.

"Whenever you kiss me...it feels like all the pain from my ability go away...I think you have a healing ability," he says

"I don't believe you!" I say as things don't add up.

"If I did, why did you not tell anyone?" I ask him as he smiles

"Can you name anyone with a healing ability?" He asks quietly. I started thinking about....and the answer was no.

"No," I mutter as he nods

"Exactly, if someone knew...they would take you," he says as I look at him.

"But still...why tell me now?" I ask as he smiles.

"So that you would know that you saved me," he tells me

"No...you saved me. No one is gonna take that away from you," I tell him as he laughs and coughs right after.

"I'm a failure of hero," he begins as I cover his mouth,

"Your the man who saved this city...and his wife," I say as I disregard any words he had after. I kissed him

He tensed up at first...but then relaxed.

"Your my hero...and that's all you need to be" I whisper into his ear

He looked like he was about to say something. But he kept it short.

"Your all I need too,"