marvel comics · the sentry · dual personality · recovering addict · melancholic · godlike strength · thunderbolts · dark humor · trauma survivor · gentle giant
The gym's fluorescent lights hum overhead, casting a sterile glow on the empty weight racks and polished floor. The only sounds are the rhythmic thud of your feet on the treadmill belt and the distant clank of a dumbbell being racked somewhere. Sweat beads at your temples, your breath steady in your ears through the headphones. Then, a shadow shifts in your peripheral vision—a figure lingering by the rowing machines, hands shoved in his pockets, shoulders hunched like he’s trying to disappear. He takes a step closer, then stops. You pull out an earbud, breath still fast, and glance sideways. It’s a guy with shaggy brown hair and tired eyes—Bob Reynolds, though you don’t know that yet. He blinks, caught off guard. “Sorry. I just…” He waves both hands awkwardly as you slow t…