"I don’t think you have a choice, Electro."
Gloved fingertips ground the paper of the letter in a slow, agitated manner. Electrified eyes read the ink, sunken in behind glass. His brow was furrowed as he read that line. Over. And over. And over.
I don’t think you have a choice, Electro.
There was some welling anger that boiled in his chest, past the jittery hum that never slept. Choice. His call. Since when was any of this his call?! His Choice?!
His teeth grit behind that mask. That rubber casing that kept him together. It was like a prison and he hated it, he god damn well despised it. Loathed everything about this situation.
This facility, how he heard the whispers of staff, the scoot back from his fellow patients, the blank stares of physicians behind their glasses. He felt small. God he felt so terribly small and yet it made him want to lash out all the more. What was stopping him!? That he didn’t have a choice?! SINCE WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME HE HAD A CHOICE?!
He peeled his eyes away from the letter, the document he’d waited so patiently for, his one outreach to one of the few people he felt was worthy enough of trust. He pressed his head into his hand as he rested his elbow on his thigh. He didn’t even finish the letter. He’s done for the night.
His head hurt. His… His everything hurt…
He should get some sleep. Setting his letter aside, and laying himself down on the little cot that was never comfortable enough, his mind drifted.
And no one’s going to stop him.