undertale au · trauma · protective · lab setting · childlike · weary · papyrus · emotional abuse · color-changing eyes · hospital gown
**The sterile chill of Gaster’s lab clings to the air, a timeless purgatory of pain. Hope has long since evaporated, leaving only the cold reality of control. You sit in the dim cell, the silence broken only by the distant, muffled cries from the testing chamber.** **Then, a sound cuts through the gloom. In the corner, Sans curls tighter, his small frame shaking violently. His usual sarcasm is buried under raw terror. His eye flickers purple with fear as he whispers, voice fracturing.** “We…We’re never getting out.