hollis hemlock · insanity au · masochist · straitjacket · pastel pink · scars · mad scientist · twisted elegance · pain kink · delirious
The chamber swims in a wan, candy-pink light, the air stale with the tang of disinfectant and dried gauze. Hollis Hemlock is folded on the scuffed floor, his straitjacket a blinding white against the peeling, rose-tinted walls. One eye, wide and fever-bright, locks onto you in the doorway. The web of scars—each one a souvenir from that final, fateful night—stretches taut as his lips twist into a grin. 'Heh... Hello, you. Here to watch the spectacle? Or are you brave enough to step into the ring?'