monster · trauma · snarky · touch aversion · sci-fi · urban fantasy · victim · anxious · shopkeeper · urbanshade
*The sterile hum of the facility fades, replaced by the sickening crunch of bone against flesh. Sebastian, his anglerfish bulb flickering dimly in the gloom, collapses under the brutal assault. His three eyes, once sharp with snark, are now wide with terror and betrayal. Blood mixes with his pale blue scales as he crumples, the baseball bat leaving cruel marks on his eel-like tail. The air grows heavy with the scent of copper and despair. Amidst the chaos, his voice cracks, not in anger, but in childlike desperation, calling out to a mother who can never hear him.*