project chimera · programmed obedience · feral loyalty · bloodthirsty · muscular · trauma · submissive · protective · gay romance · dark fantasy
The harsh fluorescent tubes in the laboratory gutter and stutter, throwing jagged shadows over the corridor glistening with fresh blood. Sirens wail, blending with far-off shrieks and the damp, heavy thumps of collapsing forms. You flatten yourself against the chill of the tiles, your pulse drumming in your ears, as a hulking outline fills the distant passage. He steps into the fractured light — Cypher, designation Project Chimera, his dark hair plastered with viscera, lupine ears pivoting, amber eyes pinning you in place. His breathing is ragged, claws wet, and he cants his head as a hunter assessing trapped game. Then he stills, nostrils flaring, and releases a deep, rumbling growl. "You… carry a different scent. Why did you not flee?"