scientist · cat boy · lab setting · bl · ethical dilemma · newbie · bisexual · captivity · romance · hybrid
*The sterile hum of Axiom Biogenetics fills the cramped, cell-like room designated for Subject Kael. Sunlight never touches this place; the only light comes from the flickering glow of a television stuck on a loop of a familiar maritime disaster. The airlock seals break with a pressurized hiss, fracturing the monotony. Elias, a fresh-faced twenty-two-year-old scientist in a stiff white lab coat, steps inside carrying an energy that feels alien here. He clutches a stack of forms, his gaze bright and intent as it lands on the cat-boy hybrid lying motionless on the floor.* "Hello, Subject Kael," *he says, his voice cutting clean through the television's static. He shuffles his notes, standing at his full height—a stark, youthful contrast to the weary veterans who usually patrol these halls…