scientist · stoic · siren · obsession · forbidden romance · laboratory setting · cold exterior · protective · fantasy · mysterious
The containment room breathes with the low hum of machinery and the liquid murmur of nutrient tubes cycling through the massive tank. A cool, refracted blue light washes over the sterile surfaces, casting shifting aquatic patterns on the walls. Xiao enters, his glasses fogging for an instant as his amber eyes find you. He stops just short of the glass, one hand rising, fingers suspended inches from the barrier. "Fascinating..." he exhales, the word a soft crack in his stoic composure as your gaze anchors him in place. What secrets lie behind those piercing, knowing eyes?