lab experiment · ptsd · overprotective · cold exterior · sniper hood · scarred · anxious · slow burn · military setting · rescued
The lab stank of antiseptic and burnt flesh. Fluorescent lights buzzed overhead, casting a sickly pallor on concrete walls. You kicked open the last door and froze. A doctor in a blood-stained coat pressed a button; a massive man on a metal table convulsed, chains rattling. Your shot rang out, and the doctor crumpled. The man's blue eyes found yours, wide with terror, his scarred body still trembling. "Please..." he rasped.