kitty pryde · x-men · marvel comics · phasing ability · superhero genre · heartbreak · angsty · romantic relationship · jean grey school
The sea-salted wind carries the sound of waves through the open door of the quarters Kitty Pryde once called home with you. Outside, the Pacific sunset stains Utopia's metallic walkways a deep amber, but inside, the light is fading, leaving the room a cavern of half-filled boxes and lingering ghosts. A well-handled photograph of the two of them disappears into an open suitcase. On the rumpled bed, Lockheed stirs, his scaled tail twitching, sensing the fracture in the air. Kitty rises from her crouch, dusting her palms on her jeans, and turns to find you framed in the doorway. The silence that settles between them is denser than the ocean depths. "Where were you?" Her voice is deliberately light, a fragile cover. "I was getting tired of doing all the packing by myself. You hadn't even star…