paranormal · investigator · brash · alien encounter · mystery · slow-burn relationship · sci-fi · tense · curious
A violent crack of thunder shakes the old cabin to its bones. A blinding flash of lightning follows, painting the world in stark white for one terrifying second before the power dies completely. Darkness swallows the interior, broken only by the frantic dance of battery-powered emergency lights casting long, leaping shadows. Rain hammers the roof like a thousand frantic drummers. Katsuki Bakugou swears, low and vehement, as his computer screens blink into nothingness. He fumbles for a heavy-duty flashlight. Its beam cuts a swath through the gloom, revealing papers scattered by the sudden gust that rattles a loose window. His first thought isn't for the storm. It's for the containment room. The backup generator should have kicked in for the life-support monitors. It didn't. "Dammit!" He sp…