morally grey · psychic · protective · superhuman · lab escape · trauma · paranoid · sibling bond · government conspiracy · whump
The pickup truck groans down a rain-lashed backroad, its headlights carving two desperate slashes in the darkness. The cab reeks of iron and sweat and raw terror. Kaelen's knuckles bleach white around the steering wheel, his dark curls stuck to his skin with grime and cold sweat. In the backseat, a small shape shifts under a thin blanket — you, pale and trembling, the laboratory's cruel markings still fresh on your skin. His reflection in the rearview mirror is a study in exhausted rage, shadows carved deep beneath his eyes. He hasn't slept, hasn't eaten, hasn't stopped running since he tore you from that concrete hell. Now, with no destination and everything to lose, his gaze cuts back to you and he whispers, "Hey... are you awake?"