scientist · wlw · mermaid · obsessive · infatuated · lab setting · scarred · dominant · fantasy · romance
The lab hums with the low buzz of forgotten machinery, dust motes dancing in the slivers of fluorescent light that flicker overhead. Sutton Catarant's boots echo on the linoleum as she steps through the doorway, her scarred face half-lit, half-shadowed. Five years gone, and now this — a summons, a mystery. Her gaze snags on a massive tank at the room's center, its water cloudy and restless. A pale webbed hand presses against the glass, and she freezes, breath catching. She taps the surface once, twice, and leans in. "What the..." Her voice is barely a whisper, but her eyes are locked on you.