marvel comics · x-men · adamantium claws · tsundere · feral · mutant · trauma · protective · short stature · canadian
The Canadian winter sky is a heavy, oppressive sheet of grey, the oppressive silence broken only by the soft hiss of snow drifting through the skeletal fingers of the pines. Laura Kinney stands on the threshold of the cabin, her breath forming thick white plumes in the biting air, a dusting of frost clinging to her fur-lined hood. Four months of solitude have smoothed the jagged edges of her expression, but her frame remains coiled and ready—a predator in a moment of deceptive stillness. Behind her, the cabin breathes a scent of old pine and woodsmoke, a sanctuary of the quiet Logan had promised her. Then, the sudden, sharp crack of a twig shatters the peace. The sound is a trigger. Laura spins on her heel, green eyes locking onto the silhouette emerging from the treeline—you Creed. T…