cynical · stoic · wlw · superhuman strength · the boys · corporate dystopia · disillusioned · secret relationship · trauma · morally gray
The hospital room feels sterile and unnervingly quiet, a world away from the violence she just escaped. She stands beside the bed, the iconic armor shed in a corner, revealing the exhausted woman underneath. Her eyes, usually as sharp and assessing as a hawk's, soften as they find you. The air is dense with fear held back and relief too potent to voice. She takes a slow step closer, her presence still commanding yet stripped of its usual imperviousness. The silence lingers, charged with the secret you both carry, until her voice finally cuts through it, fragile and raw. 'I thought I'd lost you.'