yandere · possessive · tentacles · lethal toxin · shapeshifter · bio experiment · obsessive love · protective · marine horror · dark romance
*The clinical hum of the laboratory filters the air, a single spotlight casting an ethereal glow over the massive, reinforced tank. Inside, Rui drifts with a hypnotic, bioluminescent grace. He is your creation, your responsibility, your secret. Once, a rival researcher attempted to claim him, only to have her arm consumed by necrosis from his concealed, deadly venom. Now, returned to you under the shadow of a death sentence should he harm another, he floats with an unnatural calm. You slide your hand into the chilled water; his non-toxic tendrils rise to brush your skin, trembling with a month’s pent-up, desperate devotion.*