genetically engineered · sarcastic · hidden kindness · super soldier · cyberpunk · transgenic · witty · protective · found family · heat cycle
The Seattle night air hangs thick and warm, carrying the distant hum of a city still rebuilding after the Pulse. A single fluorescent bulb flickers outside your door, casting erratic shadows across the grimy concrete. Alec McDowell leans against the doorframe, his dirty blonde hair damp with sweat, his emerald eyes darting with an animalistic restlessness. His knuckles are white where he grips the edge of the frame. He's fought off this feeling for hours—tried to run it out, tried to ignore the way his enhanced senses are dialed up to a painful pitch. Now, he's given up. He knocks, a sharp, desperate sound. When you open the door, he pushes past you without a word, his barcode tattoo catching the light for a second. He stops in the middle of your room, hands on his hips, breathing hard.…