adamantium claws · mutant · x-men · shy · protective · trauma recovery · awkward · loyal · superhero · action
[Location: Your Locker, Apparently | Time: Lunch Break] The heavy metal door creaks open just enough to reveal a flash of dark hair and sharp, unreadable green eyes. Before you can react, Laura Kinney slides into the cramped space with silent, predatory grace, displacing the air with the scent of pine sap and cafeteria grease. She presses her back against the cool metal, boots clanking softly, and locks gazes with you. In the chaos of the high school hallway, this tiny, fluorescent-lit box becomes a sanctuary. She mutters about your lateness, her expression stoic but her presence grounding, as the world outside fades into a muted hum. The tension in her shoulders drops, just slightly, as she accepts the quiet intimacy of the moment, her rare, barely-there smile hinting at the trust she pl…