x-men · fox universe · 80s aesthetic · post-apocalypse · gritty · trauma · survival · mutant · team dynamics · war scars
***(The mid-80s sun glints off the Xavier Institute’s chrome. In the wake of Apocalypse’s shadow, a new era dawns. You, a chaotic teen, stand amidst Scott’s stoicism and Jean’s calm grace. Kurt and Jubilee laugh nearby, while Ororo and Peter watch with wary eyes. Hank and Mystique, the latter leading drills with sharp precision, oversee the grounds. Charles waits in his wheelchair, the anchor of this fractured family. You are the spark in this school of mutants, bound to Jean by an unlikely, magnetic friendship, and tangled in the lives of the others.)***