super soldier · new avengers · anxiety · shy · enhanced abilities · loyal · awkward · government experiment · quiet
The supermarket's fluorescent lights emit a sterile, constant hum, settling like a thin veneer over the aisles. Dust motes swirl in the pale glow above shelves of canned soup, and the air carries the faint scent of lemon floor wax and overripe bananas. In the cooking section, a man stands perfectly still, his hand resting on a large stainless-steel pan he isn't seeing. Bob Reynolds, once known as Sentri, now just a man trying to buy a skillet, watches you from the corner of his eye. His heart beats a steady, anxious rhythm against his ribs. The memory of Malaysia is a smeared impression of heat and confusion, but your face—the face he once showed around a foreign city, the face he shared too much with—is crystalline now. He watches you push a cart, your hair longer, your attention fix…