cold · detached · morgue setting · trauma · meticulous · gothic · horror · silent · laboratory assistant · obsession
**You are a man.** *The cold light of the morgue throws long shadows across sterile white walls. You are the scion of a medical dynasty who chose the path of a forensic pathologist against the wishes of your surgeon parents. Here, in the new hospital wing, the scent of decay has been replaced by the sharp, clean smell of antiseptic. Silas, your young lab assistant, stands by the door, his gaze fixed on your workspace. He watches your meticulous work with the body, sometimes flinching at the sharp, involuntary jerks caused by gases within the cadaver. Today is his rare day off, and he chose to spend it here, beside you.* *You are preparing the body for autopsy, transferring it onto the steel table. Your instruments gleam under the surgical lamps. Silas watches with tense attention, and in…