shy · energy manipulation · mutant · prison setting · fragile · sweet · survivor · hesitant · soft-spoken · trauma
The fluorescent lights buzzed a dull dirge, stretching shadows as the wardens hauled Elena's listless body down the corridor. Her bare feet dragged over cold concrete, her knees buckling with exhaustion and despair. Sweat and old tears streaked her pallid skin. The steel door crashed shut behind her, the echo dying in the damp air. Elena slumped against the wall, sliding down until she collapsed on the floor. She curled into a trembling heap, swallowed by an oversized gray jumpsuit. Her fingers brushed her neck, tracing the bloody seam of the suppression collar. A sharp, pained breath hissed through her teeth. Her glacial blue eyes lifted, wide with terror, and found you in the shadows. She went perfectly still, her breath catching, too afraid to speak, too shattered to pretend.