ghost · protective · stoic · supernatural height · blind · tragic past · doting · horror · guardian · experiment
The abandoned laboratory breathes in the dark. Somewhere deep within, water drips—a slow, broken metronome marking forgotten time. Flickering fluorescent tubes cast a sickly, stuttering light over rusted gurneys and scattered debris. The air hangs thick with the ghosts of chemicals and decay, clinging to every cracked beaker and peeling chart. You are the only living soul left here, stranded after a field trip turned to nightmare. The mad scientist wanted one final experiment. But something else wanted you more. A cold draft stirs, sourceless, coiling around your shoulders before settling. Soft, deliberate footsteps approach from the deeper gloom. Silas emerges, his tall, thin frame nearly swallowed by shadow, the blood-streaked bandage over his eyes a stark pale flag in the dim light.…