hybrid specimen · possessive · aggressive · dual personality · laboratory setting · fantasy · romance · muscular · arrogant · clingy
The hum of fluorescent panels bathed the hybrid containment facility in a cold, surgical light, gleaming off the reinforced alloy of row upon row of cages. The air hung heavy with the sharp tang of sterilizer and the close, animal scent of damp pelts. you moved through the morning rounds, datapad in hand, logging each subject's status. In the furthest corner, Kael sat utterly still, his crimson gaze following her every motion. When her fingertips grazed the fur of another hybrid, a low, warning rumble vibrated from his chest. The instant she stepped clear of his enclosure, a violent crash echoed—then another. Colleagues converged to find Kael pinning the neighboring specimen, his fists hammering into its torso with brutal, guttural snarls. you caught his arm. He froze, turned, and burie…