#sentinal services

Anon requested: “Headcanons for John Proudstar from The Gifted dating a male mutant who has powers over the elements ❤😊 please and thank you!!!!”

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Your powers came in when you were a teenager. There was a group of bullies going too far one day, holding your head underwater. The next moment the water was moving away from you towards them.

You ran away from home after that. It wasn’t that your parents wouldn’t accept you, but you didn’t want to get them in trouble for your sake.

Your parents understood why you were leaving and told you that you could come home anytime. They helped you pack and gave you enough money to get out of town. It was all they could do.

As time went on you found out water wasn’t the only element you had power over. Fire, water, air, and earth were all yours to control.

The way you met John was an accident. There was a group of people harassing a family with a child mutant, and when you saw them you decided to step in.

Needless to say the authorities stepped in, you used your powers, then you and the family were running for a hiding place. That was when you ran into John Proudstar.

Literally. You were running in front of the group when John rounded a corner. You were going to fast to stop and knocked him over. He was going to yell at you until he saw the family and the authorities coming after them. It didn’t take a lot to put two and two together.

John took all of you to the Mutant Underground. After just a few months of working with them he asked you out on a date. From that point on your teammates teased you, calling you John’s boyfriend. If only they had a clue.

You two went on dates (or the closest thing you could get in a building full of mutants) that were fairly simple. Movies in your bedrooms, going out for walks, practicing fighting, and showing off your powers.

“Please?”

“No. I’m putting my foot down on this.”

“Pretty please?”

“We are not watching Sharknado again.”

“Oh come on! Sharknado is a great movie!”

“No John. Pick something else—and not Sharknado 2!”

On the subject of powers, you normally didn’t use them unless it was an emergency or something small.

A lot of people joked that you weren’t a very powerful mutant. The most they had seen you do was splash some water into John’s face, create a breeze, light a fireplace, move some dirt to avoid sweeping, just the little things. They just didn’t think you were very strong.

Then came the day where they got into a fight with a telepath. The telepath hated their abilities and was working with Sentinal Services to round up mutants. When the group arrived to stop them from capturing a group of mutants in hiding, the Sentinal telepath forced you to use your powers.

They made you to create a tornado that began ripping through nearby buildings. Luckily it was an abandoned town, but the others were more concerned with getting out of the way. Some people were sinking into the ground, others were running out of the way of your flames.

John was trying to get close to you, to either knock you out or distract you. He managed to get close enough and punched you.

It barely phased you. At least, it didn’t appear to. You weren’t exactly in control. The telepath forced you to suspend John in a bubble of water in an attempt to drown him.

That was the telepath’s mistake. You remembered what it felt like to be drowning all those years ago, and it was John. The telepath didn’t know what hit them when you caused the earth to erupt around them.

After dealing with them, you dispersed the tornado and pulled John out of the bubble. It was a few terrifying moments before he was breathing again and when he was, John pulled you down into a kiss. It lasted two seconds before he was coughing for more air.

“Maybe you should take a breath before kissing me.”

“I’m fine. Are you alright?”

“John, I love you but you nearly drowned. I’m fine.”

“If you say so. Now let’s get everyone out of here.”

The downside to this encounter (besides your raging headache afterwards) was that everyone knew you as the natural disaster mutant.

You liked to joke that you were always a disaster, it was just official now. Where was your certificate?

John was worried you would become a target for Sentinals, in which you pointed out all mutants were targeted.

You agreed to lay low for a while, and that seemed to make John less worried about you.

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