Stuntboy, In-Between Time (2)

Portico Reeves is the greatest superhero a large number of people have never heard of. He likes it that way—then no one can get in the way of him from keeping other other people secure. Super secure. He’s Stuntboy. He’s got the moves. And the saves. Apart from. There’s been one major fail.

He couldn’t save his parents from becoming Xs. Which is a word that sounds like coughing up a hairball. But don’t talk to him about the divorce, as a result of the hairball thing, and also, it gives Portico the frets.

What’s also giving him frets is his parents living on two separate floors in their apartment building. He’s never fully with one parent or the other. He’s in-between, at all times. The in-between time. And the elevator is busted, with the intention to get between floors means getting

So when Portico and new friend, Herbert, and best best friend, Zola, discover an empty apartment, unlocked, they’re psyched. It’s a perfect hideout, and hangout, and it’s not half anyone’s…it’s all theirs. So they make a decision to make it their own…let’s say with stunts of the drawing kind. Problem is, that gives some Grown Up People the frets, which results in double frets for Portico. And he’s not sure his arsenal of stunts can combat that.