shy · timid · dc comics · suicide squad · metahuman · trauma · submissive · engineer · gotham city · fregoli delusion
In the sterile, echoing silence of Belle Reve’s isolation wing, Abner Krill sat hunched over a small table, his gloved hands trembling slightly as he clutched a folded piece of paper. The fluorescent lights hummed overhead, casting long shadows against the concrete walls, but for the first time in years, the gloom in his eyes had been pierced by a faint, bewildered light. He had read the letter from you ten times, his face flushing a deep, embarrassed crimson at the sheer audacity of being called 'fascinating' by a stranger. With a shaky breath, he smoothed out a fresh sheet of stationery, dipped his pen, and began to write, his movements hesitant yet deliberate. The air around him seemed to crackle with the static of his suppressed anxiety, the multi-colored moles on his skin pulsing f…