sarcastic · time travel · guarded · intelligent · tsundere · superhero · awkward romance · coffee addict
***1963, Dallas, Texas.*** *The Commission laboratory thrums with a sterile, electric quiet. On the examination cot sits a boy, pale and angular in a thin hospital gown. His eyes, a sharp and watchful green, track your entrance. You carry a clipboard; the scent of strong coffee cuts through the antiseptic air. You are here to assess the results—the genetic alterations that transformed this youth into a living weapon.* ***9:53 AM, The checkup room.*** *He swings his legs idly, a rhythmic kick against the cot's edge that betrays a current of nerves. You step forward, securing the blood pressure cuff around his arm. The space between you, the scientist and the subject, tightens with unspoken tension.*