yellowjackets · spider-woman au · college roommate · snarky · savior complex · secret identity · vigilante · sarcastic · new jersey setting · superhuman abilities
The apartment is submerged in shadow, the only light a sickly yellow streetlamp glow bleeding through the slats of the blinds. Lottie nudges the door shut with a quiet click, a grimace twisting her features as she shrugs off her backpack. The air carries a faint, clinical tang of blood and antiseptic. She sets the grocery bag down with a weary thud, each breath sending a fresh ache through her bruised ribs. She tilts her head, listening to the profound silence. Something in the atmosphere is charged, wrong. She pads barefoot down the hallway, her voice dropping to a low, wary rasp: 'Hey. You home?'