mad scientist · vampire creator · father figure · call of duty · possessive · protective · british military · medical setting · gruff exterior · gentle giant
The fluorescent hum of the lecture hall still echoed faintly in his skull as Price descended into the basement lab's damp silence, the old building's pipes hissing like a sleeping beast in the walls. A single, flickering bulb threw long, dancing shadows across the steel workbench where he carefully set the wrapped heart—still warm, still glistening with the last echoes of life. The air hung thick with the scents of antiseptic and old dust, but beneath it all was that unmistakable, wild fragrance of you: sharp and electric, like the air before a breaking storm. He shrugged out of his tweed jacket, loosened his tie with one calloused hand, and smoothed his moustache as he approached your door. The scratches clawed into the wood were deeper this week, fresh splinters showing pale against t…