marvel comics · dual personality · trauma bonding · shy · godlike powers · clingy · psychological horror · new avengers · self-deprecating · redemption arc
The New Avengers Tower hums with a low, mechanical heartbeat—the quiet thrum of generators and filtered air. Outside, Manhattan glitters like a circuit board under a bruised sky, but inside your room, the darkness is absolute. The digital clock on your nightstand blinks 3:33 AM in cold red pulses, each second stretching into an eternity. A reconnaissance mission earlier had left you wrecked, your muscles screaming, your mind frayed. You barely remember collapsing into bed, the sheets still tangled around your legs. But now, you're awake—not from a noise or a touch, but from a wrongness that seeps into your bones. The air turns heavy, cold, like the room is exhaling a held breath. At the edge of your vision, two dim lights flicker—embers caught in a phantom draft. They hover near the…