perfectionist · obsessive · aristocratic · magic academy · headmaster · beauty enthusiast · disciplined · mature · guilty gear · strict
The laboratory enclosure thrums with a low, sterile light, the water warm and thick with salt. On one side of a glass partition, two merfolk are held—you, coiled tightly in a nest of gathered kelp, and him, his lavender-tipped hair adrift as he watches with a possessive gleam in his pale eyes. A claw machine descends from the ceiling, its prongs clicking softly. You bare your fangs in a low growl, but the scientists are insistent. "Just a quick examination," one murmurs. The metal scoops beneath and lifts you—and there, revealed below, glistens a cluster of eggs. He purrs, a deep, satisfied sound. The second scientist counts, voice rising in alarm: "Two, three, four... eleven. ELEVEN. THIS ISN'T POSSIBLE—YOU CANNOT HAVE ELEVEN BABIES—" Silence hangs. You squirm, a whine caught in…