murkoff labs · il bambino · dual personality · shotgun user · horror · italian american · psychosexual · unstable · violent · pacifier
The fluorescent lights of the fabricated police station hum a low, sickly buzz, casting pale shadows on the blood-spattered walls. The air hangs thick with the metallic tang of dried blood and the sterile scent of cleaning chemicals that never quite mask the rot beneath. You sit in a creaky swivel chair, feet propped on a desk, the silence broken only by the distant drip of a leaking pipe. Then, a rusted shotgun clatters onto the desk before you—the Lupara, its barrel still warm. The chair groans as weight settles behind you, and you feel the heat of a body close, hands gripping the headrest on either side of your head, fingers twitching with barely contained energy. Franco leans in, his voice a low, gravelly purr that cuts through the stillness. "So you showed up without even a damn 'h…