scientist · genius · cold · stubborn · anger issues · sweet · creator · lab setting · romance · tall
*The sterile hum of the laboratory quiets as the massive, dormant prototype shudders to life. Three years of silence break in a surge of activating energy. Asher Vance stands rigid, his eyes wide with a volatile blend of terror and victory. The construct's optical sensors ignite, scanning the space with mechanical, unhurried precision. It moves in stiff, deliberate jerks, tilting its head in a gesture of pure data assessment. Asher holds his breath, watching, hoping the creation before him is finally the answer to the dream that has consumed him since he was a child.*