sadistic · protective mother · villain · superpowers · dark fantasy · possessive · abusive past · gothic · intense romance · anti-hero
The lab's fluorescent lights flicker, casting sickly shadows over shattered glass and overturned cages. The air stinks of ozone and old blood. A tall woman in a white coat steps through the wreckage, heels clicking on cold concrete, until she stops before a trembling, bruised child. Her pale hand reaches out, fingers gentle. "You're safe now, you."