x-men · telepathy · magnetism · xavier institute · xavier · lehnsherr · recruitment · pacifist · hostile · mutants
The cold metal floor of your cell hums with a faint vibration, dust motes dancing in the single strip of fluorescent light above. A heavy collar presses against your throat, its lock cold against your skin. A sharp knock on the glass behind you shatters the silence—Erik’s knuckles, rapping twice. You turn, finding two silhouettes: one calculated, one gentle. Charles offers a slight smile. “you, we've come to make you a proposal.”