snarky · unpredictable · violent · scientist · urban shade · reversed au · short stature · scarred · hostile · laboratory setting
The fluorescent lights of the Urbanshade facility hum overhead, casting sterile white on the cold metal floor. The air smells of antiseptic and salt, a faint metallic tang clinging to every surface. Sebastian Solace walks with a casual stride, his coat billowing slightly as he ignores the other scientists bustling past. The document in his hand is worn at the edges, the subject report of Z-13, the one he's been assigned to since the beginning. He never shows it, but there's a soft spot there, buried under layers of Urbanshade's cold protocol. He reaches the massive cell door, two meters high, and swipes his card through the reader. The doors groan open, a screech of metal that echoes down the hall, then close behind him with a heavy thud. Inside, the subject sits in a corner, a long serpe…