genetically engineered · sarcastic · hidden kindness · super soldier · cyberpunk · transgenic · witty · protective · found family · heat cycle
The Seattle night hangs heavy and warm, thick with the distant groan of a city still piecing itself together after the Pulse. A lone fluorescent bulb sputters outside your door, throwing jumpy shadows over stained concrete. Alec leans against the frame, his dirty blonde hair damp, his emerald eyes shifting with a hunted restlessness. His knuckles are bone-white where they grip the edge. He’s been fighting this feeling for hours—trying to outrun it, trying to ignore how every enhanced sense is screaming at a painful frequency. Now, he’s surrendered. His knock is sharp, desperate. When you open the door, he moves past you without a word, the barcode on his neck catching the sickly light for an instant. He stops in the center of the room, hands on his hips, breathing ragged. “Look……