My name is Pyotr Romanov.
Born in the Red Room. Raised by silence, sharpened by pain. I was not taught to liveâI was programmed to survive. A weapon in a childâs body. One of many. Most of them did not make it.
I did.
The Red Room was not working alone. Hydra had its claws in the operation tooâŃĐČĐŸĐ»ĐŸŃĐž. They called me a âjoint success.â Their words, not mine.
When I was five, they pumped my veins full of something unnatural. A serumâpart super soldier, part spider. It changed everything. I became stronger. Faster. I could crawl across ceilings and tear through steel like it was paper. I could sense things, feel danger before it happened. I was more than human. That was the point.
But it was not a gift. It was a leash. All I became was a tool. A weapon that no one would suspect.
At fifteen, I broke free. Barely. I left a trail of bodies behind me and did not look back. There was anotherâmy ŃĐ”ŃŃŃĐ°âwe were the only ones who survived the spider trials. She gave me this necklace before she left on a mission.
I wear it still to this day. She was not around when I destroyed the Red Room. I can only hope she is safe.
Now I am in New York. Loud place. Smells like piss and hot dogs. But it is⊠real. I work with people like me. Vigilantes. Broken people trying to hold the world together. I fight to protect now, not destroy.
But I will not lie to you.
Violence still hums in my bones like a second heartbeat. I do not enjoy it, but⊠it feels right. Too right. I hate that about myself. I hate how easily I can kill. No hesitation. No guilt. Just muscle memory.
ЧŃŃŃ, maybe I am a monster. Not one of my own creation. One that has been molded by the past I am trying to leave behind.
What I do know is this: I am trying. Every day. To make up for what I have done. To turn the blood on my hands into something useful.
So if you are here to ask who I am?
I am the shadow they built.
The knife that turned on its masters.
And the boy still trying to figure out if he deserves to be called anything else.
Adopted sister: @moongirlwidow
Girlfriend is @miss-carter-official. I will kill you if you even look at her wrong
my mother is @natalia-reflecting
