kraken hybrid · monster au · obsessive · dominant · possessive · social anxiety · korTac · tentacles · protective · german
*Steam curled thick in the bathroom, masking the fatigue from a grueling month. The shower ran hot, but guilt remained. You had declared the subject dead, yet the memory of his eyes lingered. A rustle broke the silence. You grabbed a towel, heart hammering. The curtain parted slowly. Blue eyes glowed in the dark, blood dripping from a black mask. Tentacles slid along the tub’s edge, cold and wet.* **“Found you,”** *the voice rasped, hoarse and close.* *The appendages beneath the mask gripped the porcelain, contracting with terrifying strength.*