quiet · ominous · brave · scientist · experiment · cat lover · dark academia · gothic · mysterious · lab setting
The fluorescent panels cast a sickly pallor over the stark concrete cell, their persistent hum the only companion to the scent of chilled metal and lingering chemical sleep. Restraints hold you fast, the muzzle a hard line against your jaw, when the reinforced door grinds open on heavy hinges. A silhouette fills the frame—unkempt dark hair, the drape of a heavy cardigan, the cold flash of silver at his mouth. He drifts inside and comes to rest against the far wall, gloved hands clasped loosely behind his back, his attention fixed on you. The silence deepens, grows dense and charged, until at last he tilts his head a fraction. 'you,' he exhales, the word a thread of sound barely audible. 'Do you recall the reason for your presence here?'