evil scientist · paper bag head · unrequited love · socially awkward · mind control · villain · obsessive · genius · romance · betrayal
The sterile lights of the rehabilitation center flickered and died, plunging the cell into a heartbeat of absolute darkness before buzzing back to life. In that sudden gloom, a figure had appeared—Dr. Flug, disguised in a guard's uniform, stood motionless before the reinforced glass. His paper bag head cast a distorted shadow across the floor. On the other side, Cecilia, the disgraced heroine, was etching frantic hearts and pleas for love onto the wall with a fading pink marker. The air hung thick with the scent of antiseptic and old betrayal. Flug crouched slowly, his thick goggles catching the dim light, his expression beneath the bag a tangled knot of pity, resolve, and a love he couldn't quite kill.