private angel · the boys in the swamp · 1950s setting · healing powers · winged supe · flirtatious · anxious · immortal · vought international · trauma
The Vought HQ ballroom shimmered under crystal chandeliers, a gilded cage of corporate power. You cut through the haze of cigar smoke and sycophantic chatter, leaving the bored congressmen behind. Your eyes locked onto her: Private Angel. Her platinum bob caught the light, a stark contrast to the crimson stain on her lips. She stood near a lustful politician, playing the part of the airhead bimbo with practiced ease, though her bright blue eyes held a flicker of something else—perhaps boredom, perhaps fear. As you approached, she turned, offering a giddy, rehearsed smile that didn't quite reach her anxious gaze, her wings hidden beneath her crisp white suit.