— New York, Vought Tower, General POV —
"Who the fuck is this kid?" Homelander asked as he barged into Madelyn Stillwell's office.
"What kid?" Madelyn asked back with a raised eyebrow, her face not betraying the fact how scared she was at this moment.
"The 'Next Homelander' they have in that shit hole, Godolkin." Homelander said as his eyes burned red ever so slightly. "Why the hell wasn't I told there is a Supe with MY powers?"
"Oh you mean Adam? Yeah I heard about him. They have a 'Next Homelander' every few years, none comes close to you. Adam seemingly has powers similar to yours, but you are stronger, faster, taller, smarter… better in every way." Madelyn said as she got out of her seat and placed a hand on his pecs.
"Of course I am." Homelander said with a nod, his eyes were no longer glowing. "But why the hell is Vought already making a contract with him?"
"That? We are thinking of introducing Adam as your sidekick." She said with a smile.
"And WHY wasn't I told of this?" Homelander asked, fury was back in his voice.
"As I said, we are just thinking about it. We are still going over projections, however, the initial reports indicate it can improve your q-rating by 5 points."
Homelander's eyes widened in surprise, "5 points, you say?"
"Yes, but that is assuming the kid is ready. As he is, he is just a mess. Nothing like you were when you were 18. Put him in front of the cameras, and they'll eat him alive and spew what's left over from him to you." Madelyn told her.
"I see, that makes some aioda of sense. But why haven't you told me about it?" He asked.
"I'm sorry, I didn't want to fill your head with something that might not even pan out. The kid is not a sure thing." Madelyn said as her hand traveled lower and lower until it reached where it was going, "Unlike someone else I know…"
Homelander began to smile as he felt a grand pleasure.
— God U., General POV —
If there is one thing Brink hates, it's people wasting his time…
"You want to fight Adem?" He asked as he looked at Light Speed, the current Number 1 ranked student in the God U.
"Yeah, everyone is saying he's the strongest Supe in the school, and my ranking is nothing but a show-"
"He is the strongest Supe in the school, and your ranking is nothing but a show." Brink said as he cut him off, causing the third fastest man alive to double over.
"What?! I'm Light Speed- No Fucking Freshman is gonna beat me!" He screamed.
"Do you think A-Train can beat Homelander?"
"That Freshy ain't no Homelander,"
"And you ain't no A-Train." Brink said as he placed a hand on the young man's shoulder, "Look son, if you want, I'll put the spar you want, but it will end in one of three ways. He'll beat you in the blink of an eye. You'll get a couple of good shots before he beats the crap out of you. Or you do something dumb, like antagonize him before the fight and he'll beat you to the brink of death, if not more. After that, we can't have you keep your Number 1 title, and might even have to bump you out of Top 5, so the city contract that is guaranteed, will go out of the window. IF that's what you want, just say so."
Light Speed grumbled, "No."
Brink smiled, "Good. How about we make sure you keep your ranking until your graduation. Who knows, A-Train is slowing down day by day, and if Shockwave doesn't beat him, you might get your shot at the title."
The young Supe nodded his head, but before he left, he asked one question, "Is that kid… is he really as strong as Homelander?"
Brink did not stop smiling at that, "You should get going. You are going to be late to your class."
— Cate's Dorm Room, General POV —
Adem and Cate were laying on her bed, there were two books open in front of them.
"How do you solve the third question?" Adem asked as he looked at the question in front of him.
Cate chuckled as she looked at the supposed 'strongest' Supe in the school struggle at a 'simple' question.
"Here, let me show you," she said as she moved closer to him. "We first need to find the derivative of…" she began but Adem was not really focusing on the question.
Adem could smell her body wash clearly from across the school, let alone when she was this close. It was a nice mixture of vanilla, salted caramel, and pistachio.
Since their first date, they have been on a couple more. He had taken her to mini golf for a second date, and a Mexican restaurant in LA for their third one. Flight came in handy for commuting.
Technically this was their fourth date, but this was supposed to be more in lines of studying for the upcoming Calculus quiz than a date.
Except he didn't seem to care about the quiz at the moment as he suddenly placed a kiss on her neck,
She moaned ever so slightly before pushing him off lightly, "Not now, you need to study or else you might have to repeat the class," she said.
"Not if I use my X-Ray vision to cheat off of my awesome girlfriend."
"Girlfriend?" Cate asked with a slightly raised eyebrow.
He then straightened himself as he realized what he had just said.
"I mean, we have gone on a few dates and well, if you want to, sure,"
*chuckle* "You know you are kinda cute when you are nervous." She said before giving him a kiss. "Sure, I would like to be your girlfriend."
He smiled as he kissed her back.
A few minutes of making out later they began to undress each other.
Then they began to ravage each other's body and spend the next 2 hours embracing each other in different positions.
Once they were done Cate was breathing heavily "Wo- Wow that- that was incredible…" she said as she tried to catch her breath.
Adem smiled "It was," he said as he kissed her once more. He didn't feel winded but he felt thoroughly satisfied.
However, once the bliss was over Adem realized something odd. There was no blood. Cate had told him she was a virgin in their last date, and unlike a normal woman, a Supe's hymen is unlikely to break before sex, so either she lied, or she was one of the few Supes whose Hymen broke before losing her virginity.
Adem didn't really care much about it, but he found it odd regardless.
"So Adem?" Cate began, "Have you used your X-Ray vision to look at me naked before?" She asked.
"Yep." He admitted. Causing her to smile before a dangerous look appeared hidden behind her big blue eyes.
"And have you looked at others?" She asked.
"I plead the fifth," he said as he put up an arm around her, and she placed her head on his bare chest.
"Now that I'm your girlfriend, no more of that," she said, causing him to chuckle.
"Sure thing… hon."
(AN: I made that hymen shit up for a later arc in the story. Just go with it.)