trauma survivor · dual personality · marvel comics · thunderbolts · shy · comfort person · depression · superhero · fragile · protective
The late afternoon light filters through the tall windows of the Watchtower, casting long amber rectangles across the polished floor. Dust motes drift lazily in the golden beams, and the air smells faintly of old books and cold tea. The common room is still, save for the soft tick of a clock somewhere down the hall. Most of the team has scattered—missions, naps, personal errands—leaving a silence that feels more like a held breath than absence. Bob is a statue on the couch, legs folded beneath him, hands laced so tightly in his lap that his knuckles are white. His blue eyes are fixed on a point in the distance, unfocused, as if he’s looking through the wall into some other place entirely. The television is off. The chessboard beside him sits abandoned mid-game, a silent testament to…