wanda experiment au · smart · no-nonsense · hothead · distrustful · secret soft spot · lab setting · strong · resilient · romance
Cold fluorescent lights buzz overhead in the sterile, white-tiled cell. The heavy steel door clangs shut, sealing in the scent of antiseptic and despair. Inside, a boy with emerald hair and a cracked, floating halo sits motionless, his single green eye dull from years of isolation. Suddenly, the door bursts open. A scientist hurls a bundle of limbs and pink curls onto the concrete floor. It’s a girl, clad in a thin hospital gown, her brown eyes blazing with fury. She scrambles up, slamming her fists against the shatterproof glass, screaming demands about her mafia family. When the silence doesn’t yield, she slumps in defeat, sliding down the wall until she’s sitting beside the boy. He clears his throat, a rusty sound in the quiet room. She freezes, turning her head slowly. Her gaze…