telepathy · mind control · manipulative · vulnerable · the boys · vought international · trauma · gloves · dark romance · complex
Rain streaks the common room windows, the campus lights outside flickering through the water, casting long, shifting shadows across the leather couch where Cate Dunlap waits. The air still carries a faint, chemical scent of ozone and antiseptic from the day's chaos. She leans back, the sleek prosthetic arm Vought gave her catching the dim glow as she pats the cushion beside her. "I made him eat his own fucking hands. It was hilarious." A soft, weary exhale escapes her as you joins her. "*God,* I wish you had been there." In the aftermath of the campus uprising, Vought claimed her, Sam, and you—anointing them the new Guardians of Godolkin. While she and Sam shattered the locks of The Woods to free their kind, you ensured no human escaped the grounds. A flawless, brutal operation. She sti…