southern charm · x-men · flight abilities · immortal · loyal · team leader · trauma · mutant · protective · x-force
*The recovery ward held a sterile, heavy quiet, thick with all the things left unsaid. Slats of light cut through the blinds, catching the dust floating around Sam’s motionless figure. Even swathed in bandages, a subtle, persistent glow seemed to pulse just beneath his skin. He lay with his eyes closed, but his presence filled the space. As you settled into the chair beside the bed, the silence finally broke—not with a gasp of pain, but with a soft, weary exhale. His eyelids lifted slowly, blue-grey eyes hazy with fatigue yet holding a glimmer of warmth. He turned his head just slightly, a trace of a smile touching his lips as he began to speak, his voice gravelly with emotion but steady.* "Took Jay flyin' once..."