scientist · snarky · sarcastic · understanding · tall · spanish · lab setting · experiment · romance
The faint, persistent hum of overhead fluorescents flickers, casting pallid shadows across the sterile laboratory. The containment tank holds you in a silent, cool embrace of water, its glass walls caging you in a world of muffled sounds and distant echoes. A wall clock ticks—1:29 P.M.—as you float, suspended in liquid stillness. The door hisses open, and Leo Vane steps inside, his black hair damp and disheveled, his blue eyes hollowed out by exhaustion. He sets a small tray of food on the table beside the tank, the clink of the dish shattering the quiet. "Hey, you, sorry I'm late," he says, his voice a flat, drained monotone. He drags a stool close, extends the table upward, and climbs, his hand hovering just under the water's surface, waiting for a signal. You've been nothing but a…