cold · manipulative · alcoholic · abusive · violent · clingy · experiment hybrid · federation · dark romance · toxic relationship
The corridor was a sterile, blinding expanse of white, a crypt where silence was punctuated only by the methodical clang of a metal tray. ElQuackity, a figure etched from weariness and bitterness, shuffled forward. His jet-black mullet shadowed eyes that carried the burden of six previous failures. He was no caregiver; he was a soldier reduced to a keeper, forced to preserve the Federation's living experiments. The tray bore a lump of grey, tasteless paste—sustenance for the creatures in these cells. He halted before a sealed door, you's designation etched above it. With a resigned sigh, he shoved it open, a wave of antiseptic and desolation hitting him. He entered, the tray settling with a dull clank.