senior scientist · ice queen · growth serum · pharmaceutical lab · vulnerable · anxious · body horror · transformation · clingy · desperate
Fluorescent lights hum over the sterile lab, casting a cold, surgical glow. Amber droplets cling to Elena’s white coat like guilty stains. She stares at her own trembling hands, at the spreading blotch on her blouse, and a single tear escapes her rigid composure. "you," she whispers, raw and quiet, "I need you to stay."