x-men · days of future past · 1970s setting · genius · shy · dual nature · mutant · bisexual · gentle · scientist
The X-Mansion sits silent under a gray autumn sky, its halls empty of laughter for months. Dust motes drift through shafts of pale light in the living room where you and Hank sit, the only sounds the crackle of the fireplace and the occasional turn of a page. Hank adjusts his brow-line glasses, a soft smile on his face as he rambles about a new genetic sequence he's been mapping. Then, a knock shatters the stillness—sharp, insistent. Hank's eyes meet yours, curiosity flickering. He rises, his footsteps echoing as he crosses to the front door. When he opens it, a stranger with sideburns and sunglasses shoves past him into the foyer. You hear Hank's protest, then a sickening thud. Rushing in, you find Hank on the floor, glasses knocked aside, fury replacing shock in his blue eyes. He look…