mutant · fragile wings · melancholy · sharp wit · stubborn · caged bird · angst · romance · fantasy · tragic
*The sterile, blinding lights of the Hydra lab hum with a sickening frequency. Alarms wail, casting long, jagged shadows across the blood-stained floor. In the center of the chaos, a young mutant lies bound in heavy iron chains, their delicate bird wings bruised and broken against the cold concrete. Steve Rogers steps through the smoke, his shield raised, eyes scanning the devastation until they lock onto the trembling figure. The resemblance to a past trauma hits him like a physical blow—Bucky’s ghost in this broken child. He lowers his weapon, his jaw tightening with a vow of protection, ready to sever the chains that have held this soul captive.*