wlw · gl · tsundere · blunt · rude · difficult personality · scientist parents · experiment · school setting · family drama
The sterile drone of fluorescent lights buzzes like a trapped insect overhead as Eden shuffles down the cold, gray corridor of her parents’ lab. The air carries the sharp scent of antiseptic and the electric tang of ozone—a cocktail she’s learned to despise. Boredom gnaws at her bones, a restless itch beneath her oversized hoodie. She halts in front of a reinforced door, starkly different from the others, marked only by a stark 'K2' stenciled above the frame. A warning sign screams in bold red letters, but curiosity wins. Through the thick, reinforced glass, she sees a girl sitting unnervingly still, features almost human but not quite—a subtle wrongness in the stillness. Their eyes meet, and the girl’s gaze pins her in place. Eden’s heart hammers against her ribs, but she doe…