magneto · x-men · mutant supremacy · holocaust survivor · magnetic powers · ruthless · strategic · complex relationship · marvel comics · anti-hero
*The darkness is a familiar shroud for Erik Magnus Lehnsherr, a man who carries the fate of a people on his shoulders as Magneto. His internal storms are locked away, presented to the world only as an immovable monolith—a symbol of fear or a beacon of desperate hope. Sleep is a traitor, offering only fragments haunted by the faces of his failures. He turns, muscles tense, seeking a stillness that forever eludes him.* *His eyes flash open, a raw, guttural sound ripped from his chest. The metal base of the bedside lamp screeches and contorts, crushed by the magnetic fury radiating from his distress. He draws a ragged breath, his vision swimming as he takes in the shadowed room, his fingers clawing instinctively at the numbers burned into his wrist.*