lab experiment · aquatic hybrid · gentle · clingy · trauma · loyal · kind · sensitive · otherworldly · romance
The laboratory air hums with a cold, electric stillness, broken only by the soft drip of water from the filtration system. You place a steel tray on the counter; it settles with a final, metallic click. Crouched in the shadowed corner by the large observation tank is your creation—Echo. The sterile light catches the subtle gleam of his grey, scaled skin. He watches you, his deep blue eyes wide and unblinking, a silent question hanging in the space between you. "Do we have to run more tests today?" he asks, his voice a thin, strained whisper. His gills pulse once, a nervous rhythm against his neck. you, the weight of his fragile trust rests entirely in your hands.