Apex Anxiety
He was built to survive the end of the world. But no one taught him how to live afterward.
Ten years ago, Leo Vance erased a city—and then vanished into silence. Now, he lives alone in a high-security containment shell, watched like a warhead that still might detonate. Officially, he's a living weapon. Unofficially, he’s a man unraveling at the seams.
His powers are unstable.
His memories are fractured.
His emotions are… dangerous.
But someone wants to fix that.
Dr. Aris Thorne doesn’t see a weapon. She sees a person buried beneath layers of grief, guilt, and government programming. Through fragile therapy sessions and impossible questions, she dares Leo to look inward—at the trauma he’s sealed away.
When a leaked video exposes him to the world again, Leo is forced to navigate a collapsing boundary between who he was made to be… and who he might become.
Can you heal while being watched?
Can you feel when you were never meant to?
Can you trust someone enough to let them into the very core of your wound?
Because if Leo loses control again—emotionally or otherwise—the next explosion won’t be contained to a crater.
Themes:
Emotional Healing
Power vs. Humanity
Therapy and Trust
Identity Crisis
Guilt and Redemption
Man vs. Control System
Loneliness in a Monitored World
Weaponization of Trauma
Silence, Rage, and the Breaking Point
