Suphero prioritised hisΒ βworkβ over his family once too often in his young days, and never told his wife he was a secret superhero, and thus he and his wife split up. It was acrimonious at the time, but theyβre both good people and theyβve worked through it and are friends again and he makes a real effort to show up when the kids expect him, etc, and basically heβs a lot more together now. Met a nice badass lady at his day job and itβs all good.Β
His ex-wife has also met a nice lady at *her* job, heβs happy for her, the kids like this new one, and eventually the ex-wife decides, hey, my gf and I are getting serious, sheβs in our kidsβ lives, they should meet each other.Β
Great, says Superhero, Iβd love to, dinner sounds great. He turns up at the ex-wifeβs place with wine, flowers, and some candy for the kids to show how mature and evolved he is these days, and heβs just walking up to the door when he hears a very familiar screech of fury from behind him.Β
Turns around and Holy Shit it is Lady Villain, the one whoβs always kicking the crap out of him (and vice versa) and he doesnβt actually know her name but theyβve ripped each otherβs masks off plenty of times and they recognise each other and in perfect unison they look at the house, look at each other, and shoutΒ βYou stay away from my family.βΒ
Theyβre seconds away from beating each other to a pulp on the lawn when Ex-Wife opens the door and is allΒ βoh, great, youβre both here, have you introduced yourselves, come on in dinnerβs almost readyβ.Β
Well, shit, they both mumble, and walk in because sheβs WATCHING and they have to sit through dinner while Ex-Wife and the kids tell each of them all these cute stories about how great the other one is and how happy they are that theyβre both here.Β
Itβs so, SO awkward, and they canβt entirely hide how awkward it is, but under the circumstances thatβs not unreasonable and at the end of dinner they have to say a polite goodbye and the next day Lady Villain levels the local DMV just to get Superheroβs attention so they can have an even more awkward conversation about what theyβre gonna do now. Neither of them is at all willing to exit Ex-Wifeβs life, and it would break her heart, and the kidβs hearts, and Lady Villain is not actually dangerous to civilians, itβs the establishment and the rich she wants to bring down, so eventually they agree to justβ¦ uhβ¦ keep their two lives separate. This is our little secret.Β
And it stays that way for months until Ex-Wife suggests that she and Lady Villain go on a double date with Superhero and Badass Girlfriend. Superhero and Lady Villain try all sorts of shenanigans to get out of this, including a bank-robbery, but eventually theyβre both there at the restaurant having increasingly desperate awkward conversations because Lady Villain has abducted Badass Girlfriend like five times and she is def. going to figure this out if we give her time to thinkΒ and that works right up until Lady Villain absently calls Ex-WifeΒ βhoneyβ and they can both see the exact second that Badass Girlfriend recognizesΒ Lady Villainβs Sultry Flirty Voice and theyβre both frantically trying to shush her without Ex-Wife noticing and Superhero has SO MUCH EXPLAINING TO DO WHEN THEY GET HOME.Β
Like a year later they find out that Ex-Wife was actually fully aware of both their secret identities the entire time and punishing them for not telling her. Sheβs been pushing them together at awkward moments, asking leading questions about their weekends, discussing Super Types Today in front of both of them etc purely for her own entertainment THE ENTIRE TIME.Β