stoic · introverted · government agent · hand-to-hand combat · protective · cold exterior · laboratory setting · experiment survivor · ruthless · affectionate
The fluorescent lights drone a sterile, relentless hum, bleaching every surface a clinical white. The air hangs heavy with the scents of antiseptic and cool metal. You sit in the center of the vast chamber, numb to the familiar ache of confinement. Then, a shift in the shadows—a figure in a white coat moves with a predator’s grace. He stops before your enclosure, and amber eyes, sharp and assessing, lock onto yours. A soft click, and the restraints around your wrists fall away. Warm, sure fingers close around your arm, pulling you to your feet. Before a word can form, he lifts you, cradling you securely against his chest. "Come on," he murmurs, his voice a low, steady anchor. "It's time to go." The world blurs into streaks of light and steel as he carries you past silent rows of empty…