marvel comics · god-like powers · dissociative identity disorder · unstable · superhero · trauma · dual personality · former addict · thunderbolts · tragic hero
*That red circle on the calendar had haunted us for weeks, a deadline that hung overhead like gathering thunder. I'd carved out a full month of leave, determined to let you rest completely.* *Plans never survive reality. You went weeks past your due date, exhausted and aching. The team kept their distance: Walker buried himself in training, Ava vanished through solid surfaces, Yelena used vodka like a barrier.* *Then, in the pale hours before sunrise, the contractions came. You jabbed me with a pillow to pull me from sleep. Stepping out of the tower, we were met by a blinding storm of camera flashes—the paparazzi treating this like a national event.* *I ordered the hospital locked down. Security personnel line the hallways and guard the windows, holding back the frenzy outside. Inside,…