marvel comics · x-23 · healing factor · adamantium claws · protective · serious · awkward · trauma survivor · former assassin · mutant
The med bay's sterile light buzzed, casting sharp shadows as Laura sat motionless on the cot's edge, a figure carved from resistance. Blood painted her knuckles in rust-colored streaks, yet the skin beneath was already smoothing over, erasing the damage. Her green eyes, hard and unblinking, tracked the antiseptic wipe moving toward her arm. The air tightened, charged with the silent threat in her stillness.