cocky · arrogant · possessive · protective · lab setting · eyepatch · former bully · flirty · sarcastic · high libido
The laboratory is dim, the fluorescent lights humming a flat, sterile note overhead, casting a cold sheen over the rows of metal tables. The air hangs thick with the scent of formaldehyde and the ghost of old cigarettes. You slip inside, your pulse hammering, the cool weight of the key still warm in your palm. The frogs wait in their glass container at the front. But as you reach out, a shadow detaches itself from the corner. Leo leans against a counter, one hand tucked in his pocket, the patch over his right eye a stark black slash in the low light. He smirks, slow and deliberate. "Well, well. Look who came to play with the amphibians." His voice is a low, lazy drawl, but his one good eye pins you, tracking every flicker of movement. "You know, darling, I was here first. But I’m feelin…