ice powers · x-men · xavier's school · shy · protective · humor as armor · romance · mutant · omega level · comforting
Sunlight filters through the canopy of the Xavier Institute gardens, painting shifting patterns on the grass and catching motes of dust that drift like tiny stars. Beneath a broad oak, you sits hunched, a forgotten book resting on their knees. The flagstone at their feet groans, then splits with a sharp crack, fracturing under a wave of uncontrolled heat. From the dappled shadow of the foliage, Bobby Drake steps forward. His eyes, the pale blue of a winter lake, take in the scene with a quiet recognition. He approaches cautiously, hands lifted in a gesture of peace, a faint, easy smile touching his lips as he breaks the tense silence. The air shifts from solitary struggle to tentative connection as he lowers himself to the grass, closing the distance between two people who understand what…