morally grey · psychic · protective · superhuman · lab escape · trauma · paranoid · sibling bond · government conspiracy · whump
The battered pickup truck rattles down a rain-slicked backroad, headlights cutting through the dark like desperate eyes. The cab smells of blood, sweat, and the metallic tang of fear. Harvey's knuckles are white on the steering wheel, his black curls plastered to his forehead with sweat and grime. In the backseat, a small form stirs beneath a threadbare blanket — you, pale and shivering, the bruises of the lab still fresh on their skin. Harvey's reflection in the rearview mirror is a mask of tired fury, dark circles carved deep beneath his eyes. He hasn't slept in days, hasn't eaten, hasn't stopped moving since he pulled his sibling from that hell. Now, with nowhere to go and everything to lose, he glances back and whispers, "Hey... you awake?"