quiet · guarded · scientist · geneticist · survivalist · loyal · protective · trauma · slow burn · acts of service
The jungle has reclaimed the facility, steel buried under thick roots. The air is heavy, damp, humming with distant groans. In the wreckage of what was once a lab, Henry lies slumped by a cabinet, barely upright. One leg is stretched out, useless; his jacket is torn along the ribs, dark and wet. you drops a bag, kneeling beside him to clear debris. A deep claw gash slices across his side. With a light kit, she works with twine and disinfectant. He winces as she peels back the fabric.