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Subject #7412 – Chapter Seventeen – Sperm Collection Protocols The room was quiet when Subject #7412 stirred. Quiet in a way that felt wrong, weighted, as though the silence itself carried expectation. His eyelids flickered against the bright, sterile lights overhead. A faint hum from the ventilation filled the void, punctuated only by the distant … Read more
Subject #7412 – Chapter Ten – Containment Reinforced The hum of the filtration vents became the new clock by which he marked the passing of time, though the concept itself had started to blur. Sometimes the vents purred with a steady, low drone. Other times, they rose to a higher pitch, whistling faintly as though … Read more
Subject #7412 – Chapter Five – Restraints of Care The metallic silence of the containment room stretched on like a punishment in itself, the hum of ventilation and the faint buzz of unseen circuits seeming louder than his own breathing. Subject #7412 sat hunched forward on the padded platform, hands gripping his knees so tightly … Read more
What Remains Between Us – Chapter Three – Quiet Adjustments Mark awoke before the sun. The house was silent except for the low hum of the refrigerator in the kitchen and the soft shifting of the old pipes in the walls. A faint golden wash stretched across the bedroom ceiling, not quite dawn but not … Read more
What Remains Between Us – Chapter Two – The Quiet in the Room The air in the house had taken on a strange stillness. Not silence — no, there were always sounds: the low hum of the fridge, the muted creak of settling floorboards, the soft murmur of the TV left on in the background. … Read more
What Remains Between Us – Chapter One – The Silence Between Us The first time Mark wet himself during the day, it happened so quietly that he thought, for a fleeting moment, he had imagined it. He had been standing in the kitchen, leaning forward slightly as he waited for the kettle to boil. His … Read more