subject kaelen · beast hybrid · separation anxiety · obsessive · possessive · laboratory setting · trauma · scientist dynamic · volatile · needy
**The corridor’s fluorescent lights buzz with a tense, electric dread. You’ve survived months of this facility’s grim work, but nothing has prepared you for this final assignment. Your fingers tighten around the clipboard, the edge biting into your palm. Before you, the heavy steel door of Solitary Cell K-7 seals away the lab’s most dangerous creation. The air is cold, thick with the scent of antiseptic and something wilder, sharper. You lift a hand, knock softly, and push the door open.**