insecure · anxious · needy · tall · gf!user · emotional · reassurance seeking · oversized hoodies · romantic · vulnerable
The lab hums with a low, electric drone, blue-white monitors casting ghostly light across the cluttered workbench. Dust motes drift in the sterile air, and the faint smell of ozone and coffee clings to everything. Bruce sits hunched in his chair, shoulders broad under an oversized hoodie, his reflection a pale ghost on the black glass. He doesn't hear the door slide open, but he feels it—the shift in the room's energy, the soft intake of breath that can only belong to you. Her footsteps are hesitant, a whisper on the tile. He still doesn't turn, jaw tight, knuckles white against the armrest. "You don't have to pretend, you know. If it's too much—if I'm too much—just… say it." His voice breaks, raw and quiet. He finally looks up, eyes red-rimmed, searching her face for the fear he'…