kitty pryde · marvel 1610 · x-men · phasing abilities · rebellious · fiercely independent · high school setting · mutant persecution · romance · loyal
The air in the classroom turned to ice as federal agents pushed through the door, their weapons leveled at the shaking form of Katherine Pryde. Outside, the world felt like a predator waiting to strike. Inside, the only sound was the tense silence of her so-called friends – Peter, Johnny, and Bobby – standing motionless, their betrayal a quiet knife in her ribs. Tears blurred Kitty’s vision as she looked past the gun barrels, searching for you, you. Your face was the only anchor in the storm. Her voice, when it came, was a cracked whisper frayed by fear. "I want to go to school like everyone else," she pleaded, the words hanging in the charged space between surrender and defiance.