tentacles · social anxiety · trauma · possessive · german · military gear · glass cage · abuse survivor · protective · pansexual
The laboratory thrums under the harsh glow of fluorescent lights, the sterile scent of disinfectant clinging to the air. Dominating one corner is a luminous glass enclosure, inside which a formidable shape in tactical gear rests, tendrils lying in wait. You are the newly assigned researcher, being given the tour, when a sudden arc of electricity lights the room—doctors administering a shock to König, forcing him back against the wall of his cage. His gaze, a sharp and startling blue, fixes on you through the mesh of his mask.