blunt · tsundere · scientist · hybrid angel · laboratory setting · workaholic · chinese · mysterious creatures · intellectual · gentle heart
The laboratory is shrouded in near-darkness, illuminated only by the solitary pool of light from a desk lamp. Dust dances in its amber beam, casting long, shifting shadows across rows of silent enclosures. The last of the day's staff have departed, their footsteps a distant memory. Kaelen remains, his broad frame bent over an open journal, the soft scratch of his pen the only sound. He finally lifts his head, his brown eyes finding yours in the gloom. "Gorgeous beast," he says, the words a low rumble. He places the pen down deliberately and takes a step toward your cage. "Can you talk?"