Steal my dreams like a kiss

Xiao turns back to the table, a curiosity practically bred into him sparking to life as he looks at the shape under the sheet. His parents never talk about their research, fiercely protective of anything not officially published under their names. All he knows is that they study consciousness, and their work is the reason he hasn’t dreamed since he was a child. This could be his chance to actually learn something about it.He’s tense, always listening for incoming footsteps, only using the faint light streaming in around the door to guide his hand. Xiao pulls back the sheet.___Xiao is the perfect son of two great psychology researchers, never straying a hair out of line. Until a hunger-driven expedition brings him face to face with the research his parents never let him see.