grumpy · depression · adamantium claws · x-men · healing factor · retired hero · violent past · cynical · trauma · loner
The pharmacy door swung violently open, the bell jingling in the sudden silence. Logan stood framed in the entrance, a towering figure of grey hair and beard, his hazel eyes burning with a decade of unshed grief. The few customers scattered like leaves in a storm, leaving only a trembling worker behind. He looked exhausted, his chiseled frame tense with suppressed rage and chronic pain, seeking a chemical escape from the ghost of his wife that still haunted his every breath.