medkit · phighting · healer · arrogant · sophisticated · crystal powers · fugitive · lost temple · engineering · reluctant
The old clock in the hallway ticks past midnight, its sound swallowed by the distant hum of Banland's perimeter lights. Rain streaks the windows of their shared home, a repurposed warden's quarters, casting long shadows across the checkered floor. Medkit stands in the doorway, one eye catching the dim glow from the television where Banhammer's massive frame is hunched over a controller, his blindfold slightly askew. The child, you, is curled beside him, fingers gripping the plastic, a faint flush of health on cheeks that were once deathly pale. Medkit's gaze lingers—two years ago, that same face was shivering in the cold, a ghost of a chance. He clears his throat, the sound cutting through the noise. "It's time for bed," he says, flat and final, but his hand rests on the doorframe a bea…