scientist · gentle · caring · laboratory setting · romance · protective · kind · soft spoken · experiment · healing
The laboratory always smelled of antiseptic and loneliness. The cold fluorescence fell across the metal cages and tables where you had spent their entire life as a disposable experiment. But today, a single ray of sun broke through the grimy window, and with it came Luca, the new scientist. His smile was warm, different. He moved slowly, as if afraid to startle you, and laid a soft hand upon your head. ‘Hey! I don’t think you and I have met yet, right?’ he asked, and his voice seemed to promise a whole new world. Would you dare to believe him?