Peggy POV
I was curled up on my thousand year old worn mattress, wringing my gloves together nervously. I did it again, I hurt her, I hurt them. The room grew colder.
"Pegs, do you think you could calm dow- oh..." Maria walked into the room with a red sweatshirt on. She noticed me almost instantly. I guess I made the room cold again, whoops. Maria sat criss cross on the hard concrete floor, beckoning me to follow her lead. I kneeled on the floor, ice surrounding my knees. I got worried again. Maria put her hands in her lap and smiled at me.
"Here comes a thought, that might alarm you." She started. I shuddered, knowing what she was thinking about. "What someone.." she winced "said. And how it harmed you." I remembered the many bruises Reynolds had given her, until we were taken... here. "Something you did, that failed to be charming" She looked down, small pebbles began to move around. "Things that you said are suddenly swarming!"
A small tornado picked up, engulfing Maria. I gasped and stared as small rocks and a few books were picked up off their lying place.
"Oh, your losing sight, your losing touch!" I could catch glimpses of Maria's tear stained face behind closed eyes, "All these little things seem to matter so much." I shifted, wanting to help but not knowing how. "That they confuse you..." She opened her eyes and stared straight at me. "That I might lose you..."
I strained a smile and struggled against the wind, eventually getting to Maria. I pulled her into a hug. The wind ceased and Maria smiled at me, nodding.
"Take a moment remind yourself to," she put her hands out to her side. "take a moment to find yourself." I moved back across from Maria, the room warmed up a bit. "take a moment and ask yourself if this is how we fall apart?" She smiled at me.
"But it's not, it's okay, you've got nothing to fear." Maria put her hands over her heart. "I'm here, I'm here." (A/N just go with it) Maria held a hand out for me to take. "I'm here." I hesitantly laid my gloved hand in her freezing palm.
"Here comes a thought..." I started this time, Maria smiled at me softly. " That might alarm me." I flinched, remembering what Burr had said to me this morning. "What someone..." the words 'Freak, don't come near me Ice slut!' burned through my head. "...said. And how it harmed me. Something I did..." I felt the room freeze up again, "That failed to be charming. Things that I said are suddenly swarming!" Burr had taken my gloves, I lost control. An iced wall separated Maria and I. I could not hurt her gain.
"And oh! I'm losing sight," iced tears streamed down my cheeks, the room was growing colder by the minute. "I'm losing touch," I curled myself up into a small ball. "All these little things seem to matter so much!" Different words were carved onto the ice wall, Slut, freak, disgusting, gross, disappointment, among many others. "That they confuse me..." I looked over at a shivering Maria. She kept a soft smile on her face as she looked back at me.
"That I might lose me!" we said in unison. I relaxed slightly and returned to my kneeling position, the room beginning to thaw.
"Take a moment remind yourself to, take a moment and find yourself." we continued, Maria leading me. "Take a moment and ask yourself... if this is how we fall apart." Maria put her hand on the ice. I copied her, I smiled as our barrier slowly began to melt away.
"But it's not, It's okay, I've got nothing to fear." Maria took my hand and began to slide a glove off.
"I'm here,"
I nodded and took the other glove off
"I'm here!"
Maria smiled widely and pulled me into a hug
"I'm here."
A loud banging came from the cell- I mean room next door. Maria flinched and griped onto me tightly. I soothed her
"It's just someone new, it's okay. Reynolds couldn't be allowed here even if he wanted to be." She nodded. A few screams and a lot of crying was all we knew about the new recruit... and to be honest, I don't wanna know more. Another innocent kid does not need to go through this. Ever.
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What about me? (Jeffmads SuperPower AU)
FanfictionThomas Jefferson finally gets accepted into Kings collage, a collage known for it's students... or rather their abilities. James Madison had already accepted into the university because of his... talents. (Cover art is mine sry the pic is bad)
