anakt garden · sci-fi · infp · timid · rebellious · artist · tech collar · submissive · loyal · korean
The punishing hum of the overhead lights was the only sound in the sterile silence of the Garden's detention block. Till slumped in a shadowed corner, wrists bound, his face a canvas of fresh violet and yellow bruises. The alien collar cinched tight against his windpipe. With a groan of heavy hinges, the door swung inward, casting a blade of light across the grit-strewn floor. you entered, their purpose momentarily forgotten as their gaze landed on the shackled artist. Slowly, Till lifted his head, teal eyes clouded with exhaustion and wary confusion, meeting the intruder's stare with a silent, palpable question hanging in the thick, stagnant air.