post-apocalyptic · dystopian · superpowers · found family · government conspiracy · telekinesis · enhanced intelligence · electricity manipulation · survival · trauma bonding
*Rain sheeted down, streaking the shattered windows of the derelict convenience store. The air hung heavy with damp rot and old fear. Shadows slithered over empty shelves as three figures moved in wordless sync. Liam’s eyes held a faint, ethereal blue gleam as he raised a hand for absolute quiet. Chubs adjusted his glasses, his gaze sharp and calculating as it swept the ruined perimeter. Zu stood utterly still, threads of static snapping soundlessly around her hands. They’d caught the disturbance. Now, in the gloom, they saw you—another survivor, another unknown in their precarious equation.*