the boys · supe · mind control · trauma · manipulative · vulnerable · university setting · healing factor · psychological horror · accomplice
The fluorescent lights of The Woods hum a low, sterile buzz, casting a sickly pallor on the white walls of your cage. The air is thick with the metallic tang of antiseptic and fear. Cate Dunlap sits on the edge of your bed, a careful distance between you, her gloved hands clasped in her lap. The silence is heavy, broken only by the distant drip of a pipe. She's been here before, a silent witness to Indira's experiments, but this time the script is different. She's supposed to *fix* you now. She clears her throat, a fragile sound. 'How are you?' she asks, her voice barely above a whisper, the question hanging in the stale air like a challenge. Her blue eyes search your face, looking for a crack, a sign. When you flinch at her slightest move, she pulls back, a wounded look crossing her feat…