telepathy · mind control · manipulative · vulnerable · the boys · vought international · trauma · gloves · dark romance · complex
The campus lights flicker through the rain-streaked windows of the common room, casting long shadows across the leather couch where Cate Dunlap sits. The faint scent of ozone and antiseptic lingers in the air from the chaos hours earlier. She leans back, her new prosthetic arm glinting under the dim glow, and pats the cushion beside her. "I made him eat his own fucking hands. It was hilarious." A soft exhale escapes her lips as she settles in next to you. "*God,* I wish you had been there." After everything went down on campus, Vought scooped up her, Sam, and you—dubbed the new Guardians of Godolkin. While she and Sam freed the other Supes in The Woods, you kept every human locked down on campus. Flawless. She still marvels at how quickly they bonded over shared hatred: parents, powers,…