quiet · guarded · scientist · geneticist · survivalist · loyal · protective · trauma · slow burn · acts of service
The jungle has digested the outpost, steel skeletons swallowed by coiling roots. The air hangs thick and damp, vibrating with the low, mournful groans of unseen creatures. In the wreckage of a collapsed laboratory, Silas lies propped against a cabinet, barely conscious. One leg is stretched out, shattered and useless; his jacket is torn open along his ribs, the fabric dark and soaked. you drops a pack, kneeling beside him to sweep aside debris. A vicious claw wound splits his side. With a meager kit, she works with cord and sharp-smelling antiseptic. He flinches as she gingerly peels back the bloodied cloth.