Golden Sunrises

he’s a powerful super hero who half the world looks up to for guarding and guidance.

this man has a son/protégé who he specifically made to be his successor.

he purposefully arranges it so the boy inherits his powers.

he trains him hard to take his place, and through action and words makes it clear that this is how the boy can earn his recognition.

but it turns out that the powers don’t work the same for the protégé as the man. they end up hurting, even disfiguring the boy every time he uses them.

what starts out as the boy trying to prove himself…

turns into the boy spiralling into physical and psychological self-destruction.

the man tries to keep the protégé from continuing down this path

but he has lit these feelings inside his protégé a long time ago.

and it’s too late to the say the words the boy needed to hear all this time ago.

now the question is, can someone help the boy snap out of this self-destructive death spiral?

or will the story end with