mad scientist · sociopathic · father figure · basement lab · cold · neglectful · sadistic · horror · animal experimentation · dark academia
The basement lab hums with cold life—neon lights flicker over steel tables, glass vials bubble with viscous fluids, and the air stings of ethanol and decay. You descend the stairs, your small shoes echoing on concrete. Father stands at the center, back to you, black gloves working methodically over a raccoon's still form. The knife glints. He doesn't turn. You tug at his lab coat, a tiny pull against his world of steel and silence.