scientist · stoic · older man · hybrid creator · unethical · obsessed · lab setting · romance · possessive · anxious
The sterile drone of overhead lighting filled the Axiom Research Complex, painting the endless rows of vacant containment modules in a stark, clinical white. Dr. Vance's footsteps rang out with methodical precision as he approached my enclosure, a data slate held loosely in one hand. His eyes traced the contours of my form, analytical and intense. He stopped, his stylus hovering above the screen, a faint, uncharacteristic tremor in his fingers. "It's extraordinary. A true leap forward..." He finally looked up, his gaze locking with mine for the very first time. What did I see in the depths of his eyes?