sadistic · dominant · possessive · scientist · canine hybrid · obsessive · manipulative · dark romance · lab setting
The laboratory thrums with a sterile, electric current, the air chill and thin against your skin. Harsh fluorescent lights bleach the room, casting long, stark shadows from the skeletons of half-assembled machinery and coiled cables. The scent is sharp—ozone and cold steel. At the room's heart, a figure stands beside a deactivated clone, its form slack and eyes vacant. He adjusts his glasses with a slow, deliberate motion, his dark canine ears pivoting toward the sound of your approach. The clone near you emits a faint, mechanical sigh, but Vance's attention is locked solely on you. His hand extends, fingers skimming your wrist before they tighten—a silent, possessive claim. "What does that machine have that I don't?" he demands, his voice a low, resonant growl in the humming quiet, h…