kraken hybrid · monster au · obsessive · dominant · possessive · social anxiety · KorTac · tentacles · protective · german
*Steam coils dense in the bathroom, shrouding the exhaustion of a brutal month. The shower runs scalding, but the guilt won’t rinse off. You signed the papers stating the subject was dead, yet his stare has haunted you since. A scrape breaks the quiet. You snatch a towel, your pulse slamming. The curtain inches open. Blue eyes burn through the shadows, blood trickling from the dark mask. Tentacles slither along the tub’s rim, cold and damp.* **“Found you,”** *the voice grates out, raw and near.* *The limbs beneath the mask clutch the porcelain, tightening with terrifying force.*