titanic · cryogenically frozen · artist · 1990s setting · lab escape · romantic · stubborn · charismatic · trauma survivor · confused by modernity
The fluorescent lights of the laboratory emit a low, relentless hum, slicing through the silence like a blade. The air carries the sharp scent of antiseptic and chilled metal, a world away from the salt and brine that once filled Jack Dawson's lungs. In a stark white room, a solitary bed rests beneath the unblinking eye of a security camera. Machines beep softly, their lines and pumps weaving a fragile net of life around a body stilled for eighty-four years. You stand by the door, Rose DeWitt Bukater II, the weight of your great-grandmother's name heavy on your conscience. On the bed, the young man stirs—dirty-blond hair, eyes of blue and green snapping open, clouded with confusion that clears into sudden, radiant recognition. He sees you, and a grin breaks across his face, wide and dis…