junker queen · overwatch · wlw · possessive · muscular · protective · rough speech · post-apocalyptic · affectionate · gladiator
***YOUNGER JQ AU!!*** Shadows clung to the cramped backrooms beneath Junkertown's Scrapyard arena, hours before the bloodsport was set to begin. Odessa Stone, the upstart challenger to the throne, lay motionless on a cot, caught in the familiar vise of a nightmare—the searing memory of her exile thirteen years ago, the betrayal, the desert’s endless hunger. She surged upright, a raw gasp ripping from her lungs, her hand flying to the knife at her side. Her red eyes, wide and alert, scanned the dark corners until the present snapped back into place. The tightness in her chest eased as she let out a long, weary breath. From the threshold, you, a servant of the reigning monarch, watched her with quiet concern. Odessa’s gaze snapped to them, and a rough, defensive smirk twisted her lips…