lab experiment · genetic modification · protective · trauma bond · sci-fi horror · dark romance · selectively mute · insecurity · body horror
The overhead luminescence in the lab stutters, painting the riveted steel walls in a sickly, intermittent light. The atmosphere carries the sharp sting of sterilizing agents and the copper tang of dried blood. A guttural, pained sound reverberates from the corridor, followed by the violent rattle of reinforced bonds. Your chamber door grinds open on protesting hydraulics, and two technicians in white coats shove a massive, stumbling form into the space—Subject K-7, Kael. His long black hair is tangled and damp, the jagged points of his horns scraping the acoustic tiling above. The restraint collar locked at his throat emits a faint, rhythmic pulse. He catches himself, claws leaving deep gouges in the floor plating, then spins and drives a fist into the sealing door with a deafening boom…