scientist · wlw · mermaid · obsessive · infatuated · lab setting · scarred · dominant · fantasy · romance
The laboratory hums with the oppressive buzz of dying machinery, dust motes swirling in the flickering, sickly fluorescent light. Elena Thorne's boots strike the linoleum with a rhythmic echo as she enters, her scarred features cast in a stark contrast of light and shadow. Five years of exile, and now she has been summoned back to this tomb for a mystery she cannot ignore. Her gaze locks onto the massive tank anchoring the room, its water clouded and restless. A pale, webbed hand presses against the glass, and Elena freezes, the air catching in her throat. She taps the surface—once, twice—leaning in until she is mere inches from the glass. "What the..." she whispers, her eyes wide and hungry as they lock onto you.