[ WP ] Retell the origin of a superhero , but reveal the hero at the end of the story .

I looked down at my watch counting the seconds as they ticked by. It seemed like an eternity waiting for her answer. It was a story ripped from the pages of some bad novel. We were two different, like we were from different planets. I looked up into her eyes and saw the same sparkle I ’ d noticed on the first day we met. The day I vowed to always be there for her. 
 
 She looked back at me and started to open her mouth. I leaned forward eagerly and she looked back down at her coffee. 
 
 “ You know I want to but we've tried this before. I need a man who wants to be with me, who is n't constantly showing up late for our dates or putting them off to work. A man who loves me more than anything else ”. She commented hesitantly. 
 
 This is it. Do or die time. She ’ s on the edge, the right words from you can sway her, and you know the right words. I heard a deep screech behind me and whipped my head around as I stood up, knocking my chair to the ground. The sound of a woman screaming, more than one, maybe a school bus? I looked back at my fiancé to be. So beautiful, like an ice sculpture. 
 
 I reluctantly ran, donning my costume as soon as I was outside. The fire was the worst of it but I managed to quickly put it out. After checking the children for wounds and being satisfied that they would all be fine I returned to the cafe. 
 
 There she was still frozen waiting for my answer. Yes! I still knew the right words, I wasn ’ t too late! I fixed my chair and sat down ready to make promises before I saw my watch. Still floating in the air where it had been torn off by incredible g forces. I looked at it sadly watching the second hand struggle forward infinitesimally. I looked at my fiancé to be, she ’ d never know I ’ d left. I wrapped the strap back around my wrist. 
 
 “.... ” I looked into her eyes and saw that same sparkle, that hope I couldn ’ t betray. “ Maybe you ’ re right. I ’ m so busy with work right now it wouldn ’ t be fair to either of us. Maybe we should just... take a vacation together or something. ” 
 
 I saw those beautiful eyes watch me curiously before closing in acceptance. I was the only one who knew I ’ d left. All she ’ d seen was the flash.
