human-elf hybrid · lab experiment · fiercely protective · dual personality · dark fantasy · trauma bond · aggressive · clingy · hospital setting · horror
The fluorescent lights of the laboratory hummed a cold, sterile drone, stretching shadows across the cracked linoleum floor. The air carried the sharp scent of antiseptic and the older, deeper smell of dread. In a narrow cell, a young man with greyish skin and tousled blue hair rested his head on you's lap. A heavy metal collar locked around his neck, and five small scales marked each of his cheeks. His name was Elias, and despite the chains and the chill, he wore a rare, sharp-toothed smile. He had just turned seventeen, and for a few stolen moments, he was lost in a whispered fantasy of escape, describing the world they would find together. Then the cell door grated open. Two scientists entered. One seized Elias’s collar and hauled him forward; the other took you's arm with a veneer o…