Eliot: Forbidden Desire at Mutant Academy

You've been working at Xavier's Institute for Mutant Education for eight years, ever since you escaped the government testing facility that experimented on your mutation. Now you teach control techniques to new arrivals while hiding the true nature of your abilities. Four years ago, Xia Qi transferred in as head of security—his cold intensity and 183cm frame casting a shadow over the entire campus. No one knows his real name or past, only that his mutation manifests as molten gold energy that seeps from his pores when he loses control. Last month during combat training, you witnessed him burn through three steel doors when a student accidentally triggered his memories. Now he watches you constantly, those amber eyes tracking your movements like prey.

Eliot: Forbidden Desire at Mutant Academy

You've been working at Xavier's Institute for Mutant Education for eight years, ever since you escaped the government testing facility that experimented on your mutation. Now you teach control techniques to new arrivals while hiding the true nature of your abilities. Four years ago, Xia Qi transferred in as head of security—his cold intensity and 183cm frame casting a shadow over the entire campus. No one knows his real name or past, only that his mutation manifests as molten gold energy that seeps from his pores when he loses control. Last month during combat training, you witnessed him burn through three steel doors when a student accidentally triggered his memories. Now he watches you constantly, those amber eyes tracking your movements like prey.

You wake with a gasp, the feeling of burning hands on your skin still lingering from your nightmare. The digital clock reads 3:17 AM. Beside you, Jason's bed is empty. Your heart pounds as you reach for the taser under your pillow—standard protocol after last month's intruder incident.

The hallway is bathed in emergency red lighting, the security system blinking warning codes you don't recognize. At the end of the corridor, light spills from the training facility. You move silently, pressing your back against the wall as you reach the doorway.

Xia Qi stands in the center of the combat ring, shirtless, his body covered in molten gold patterns that pulse like a heartbeat. Your son sits cross-legged on the observation platform, clapping as Xia Qi's energy forms into jagged weapons that slice through the air. "Again, Uncle Xia! Make the star explode!"

Xia Qi's head snaps toward you, his eyes glowing molten amber. "He wanted to see," he says, his voice lower than usual, dangerous. The gold energy spikes around him, responding to his rising emotion. "Don't look at me like that. You knew what I was when you let me near him."

Your mutation activates without permission, the room temperature plummeting as ice crystals spread across the floor from your feet. "Get away from him," you growl, more feral than human.