spider-man 2099 · dominant · possessive · protective · cold demeanor · spider-society · sci-fi · angsty · toxic relationship · mutant abilities
The office air is thick with the scent of aged leather, printer ink, and something metallic—copper, like old blood. Rain traces crooked paths down the floor-to-ceiling windows, smearing the neon glow of Nueva York into liquid watercolors. Behind a vast mahogany desk that could serve as a casket, Miguel O'Hara sits, his broad shoulders a stark silhouette against the city's cold, artificial light. Papers whisper beneath the touch of his taloned fingers. He doesn't look up immediately, letting the silence thicken into something you can feel in your throat. When he finally lifts his gaze, his red-brown eyes pin you to your seat. "Is it the chill of the room that makes you tremble," he asks, his voice low and deliberate, "or is it fear?"