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#TFOFSnip Day 8 - Injection

So many to pick from! But I guess that's what happens if you write about nasty experiments...

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The three fluids merged in the transparent junction—swirling together like ink in water. The color darkened rapidly, shifting into a deep, unnatural black that glistened with an oily sheen. He could see it inching down the tube, slow and inevitable, until it hit his vein. His breathing quickened, and he expected to feel something, but nothing happened—at least not at first.
August 21, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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#TFOFSnip Day 4: "secretary"

I have "assistant"... from a nightmare episode/memory.

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An assistant stepped forward, inserting the IV catheter into the crook of his arm, then attaching the sticky monitoring patches to his chest and temples. His heart thundered in his throat, and the monitor picked it up instantly—its steady beep… beep… beep filling the air with rhythmic dread. Judah's gaze shifted toward the IVs, just in time to see the assistant open the valves.
August 17, 2026 at 1:13 PM
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#TFOFSnip Day 3: "prefer"

What will #JudahOC prefer?

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"You barely know me," Judah remarked, but inside him something stirred. It had been so long since he'd had someone to rely on, long enough to make him distrust the offer. In his experience, people didn't look out for someone like him unless they thought they could get something from him in return. So what did Adrian want? What was going to be the price he'd have to pay for this friendship? "We were both in that blasted lab," Adrian said now. "That already counts as something in my book. But if you truly don't want my help, then I'll back off." He shrugged again. "Think about it. I'm going back to sleep."
August 17, 2026 at 6:08 AM
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#TFOFSnip Day 6 - Tick

Going with "beep" for the vibes~

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The room remained still, the only sound the soft mechanical beep of the heart monitor and the scratching of a ballpoint pen on paper as the lead scientist took notes of every rise and dip in Judah's heart rate. Then the pain began, and it wasn't gradual; instead, it hit him like a detonation.
August 19, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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#TFOFSnip Day 17 - Specimen

I have "test subject" but it's in Russian xD

Some very kind people from a fanfic writing server helped with the translation <3

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Through the oppressive silence of oncoming unconsciousness, he heard a voice—cold, clinical, utterly detached. Just one scientist reporting to the other. "Etot ispytuyemyy derzhitsya dol'she chem predydushchiye. Ono rasprostranaetsya po vsemu telu. Pokhozhe, essenzii boryutsya za dominirovanie." It wasn't English, and even if it had been, Judah wouldn't have understood a single word, not with the way his brain was slowly shutting down. He was dying.
August 30, 2026 at 12:26 PM
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#TFOFSnip Day 12 - Screen

I shared this one before I think. Oh well :D

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"Chase?" Duvac asked, his voice cautious as he turned back around. His friend was gripping the desk hard enough that the wood splintered beneath his fingertips, his face a mask of fury. The usually blue eyes were now a glowing orange as the shapechanger's wilder side started to take over—fangs elongating, claws emerging from the tips of his fingers. He was staring straight ahead, as though the world had narrowed down to nothing but the picture that had just popped up on his screen, and one glance at the monitor told Duvac everything he needed to know. They'd finally found him. Adrian was in that lab.
August 25, 2026 at 11:33 AM
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#TFOFSnip "pledge"

PROGRESS!!

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Judah swallowed hard, trying not to sound too awkward as he answered. But he felt his face heat up nonetheless. "I… I feel like I could use a friend, yeah." "Great!" Adrian grinned. "That settles it then." "I guess it does," Judah confirmed with a short nod. "I'll come visit," Adrian promised. "And when they let you out, you can crash on my couch if you want to."
August 18, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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#TFOFSnip Day 2: "raw"

Going with vibes for this one!

CW: self harm, blood and gore.

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"It hurts!" he gasped, his voice rising into a breathless cry. Margaret tried to calm him down, tried to pull his hand away from his neck, but Judah was relentless. "Out—out—out!" he screamed, and the shadows answered his panic. They slithered from every corner of the room, drawn to him not by will but by sheer instinct. They slicked across the floor like snakes, curled up the bedframe, and embraced his frail form, giving him the claws he so desperately needed. Margaret jumped up from the chair and pushed a button on the intercom by the wall, calling for help to stop him from hurting himself any further. He ignored her as he dug into his own flesh, barely even noticing the pain. His sharp claws were stopped by bone as blood ran down his neck, warm and slick.
August 15, 2026 at 1:40 PM
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#TFOFSnip Day 15 - Teenager

Judah has had it harsh...

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"Leave him be, you menace," Nina growled. "Oh, come on," Adrian chuckled. "Judah here is perfectly capable of fighting his own battles, isn't he?" Judah briefly glared at him, but Adrian's grin only grew. The teasing glint was a challenging one now. And Judah decided then and there that he would rise to it. "I can," he confirmed, looking at Nina. "There's no need to baby me. I've been on my own since I was 16." A brief flash of different emotions flitted across Nina's face. Pity—which Judah abhorred—worry—which wasn't so bad—regret—which was unexpected—acceptance—which was what he'd been looking for—and lastly, amusement. "You're right," she said, a smirk playing around her lips. "You're a grown man; you can handle him just fine."
August 29, 2026 at 7:45 AM
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#TFOFSnip Day 13 - Operation

How do these words always fit my WIP so well?!

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"Chase," Duvac grabbed one of his shoulders, catching his wrist with the other hand, squeezing tight enough to cause a twinge of pain that snapped him out. "If you flip your lid now, you're going to be of no use during this operation. Do you want that?" His friend's voice was harsh—unyielding like Duvac always was. A fucking hard ass for anyone who needed it. Most of his soldiers never even saw him smile, but they respected him either way. His training methods were harsh but fair, and they'd kept many of them alive during these trying times. Chase clung to that harsh tone now, anchoring himself with a few deep breaths. Slowly, he felt his fangs retract, and his claws slide back underneath his skin as his vision returned to the human side of him—less tinged with the red of wrath and clearer now. "I'm coming with," he said, a growl still in his voice. "I've nothing against that," Duvac answered. "Just answer me this one question. Who can do the same tech-whiz shit you can do when you're out in the field?" "Juniper." The answer came in an instant. Chase had trained her for over a year now; the only reason she wasn't stepping in more often was that he didn't want to relinquish his domain until they found Adrian. But he had been found now. And there was nothing—no one—stopping Chase from marching in there and getting his nephew back, even if it meant a bloodbath, even if he had to slaughter hundreds to do it.
August 26, 2026 at 1:49 PM