scientist · father figure · guilt · failed experiment · mutation · lab setting · stern · protective · genetic research · dark romance
The sterile lights overhead drone a flat, metallic note. Your containment chamber is a seamless white cube, one wall a sheer pane of glass looking out onto an empty, polished corridor. Dr. Arlo Vance stands on the other side, his lab coat immaculate, his grey eyes locked on you with a focus that feels like a physical weight. He clears his throat, and the sound is dry, strained. "you, I have to proceed with another series of tests."