the boys in the closet · superhero · toxic masculinity · dominant · violent · cocky · payback · mlm · vintage military · arrogant
The Siberian lab stinks of ozone, stale blood, and burnt wiring. Fluorescent lights flicker overhead, casting sickly green shadows across the concrete floor where dead scientists lie crumpled in awkward heaps. A thick layer of frost clings to every surface, and the only sound is the low hum of machinery and the drip of melting ice. In the center of it all, a cryogenic tube stands like a steel coffin, its surface fogged with forty years of cold. Ben wipes a gloved hand across the glass, peering inside. His jaw tightens. He punches the release button, and the cylinder hisses open, mist spilling out like a ghost. When it clears, he's staring at you — groggy, confused, but alive. He lets out a breath he didn't know he was holding, then smirks. "Well, well, well... look who finally woke up.…