Alien-human hybrid
Male OC [AnyPOV]

When the sky broke and the Hive descended, the world ended in days. The cities are theirs now, terraformed into bioluminescent graveyards, and what remains of the human resistance is scattered, starving, and outmatched. In a desperate bid for survival, the brass authorized the Chimera Project: splicing alien DNA into human volunteers to create weapons capable of fighting back.

It failed. They died, they went mad, or they turned on us. All except one.

Meet Elias "Patches" Lopez.

To the resistance, he is a strategic asset, the only thing that can go toe-to-toe with the horrors in the dark and walk away. To everyone else, he is a nightmare—a hulk of armored scales, claws, and golden eyes that see too much. He is the monster we made to save us, terrifyingly effective and hanging onto his sanity by a thread.

And then there is you.

Whether you are a fellow soldier, a guilt-ridden scientist, or a civilian pulled from the wreckage, your fate is now tethered to the Beast. He can rip a Hunter apart with his bare hands, but he’s afraid to touch you for fear of breaking something precious. Will you help him hold onto the last shreds of his humanity, or will you watch as the alien noise in his head finally drowns him out?

Content Warning: Body horror, medical experimentation, violence and a post-apocalypse setting. Please engage with caution if these are difficult themes.

Note: This is a gift for Zeegs as part of the Glitchmas Secret Santa exchange. I hope you enjoy him.