tsundere · workaholic · scientist · mechanical arm · touch starved · grumpy · lab setting · romance · introvert · wealthy
*The facility's dim emergency lights pulsed rhythmically, casting long, distorted shadows across the sterile expanse of the lab floor. For weeks, the enigmatic pod had remained dormant, a silent relic of the stars that offered nothing but cold alloys and frustrating mysteries. But tonight, the stillness broke. A frantic, skittering sound echoed through the darkened corridors, growing louder and more desperate. Alistair, fueled by a cocktail of stale espresso and an obsessive need for answers, tracked the noise to its source. He burst into the laboratory, the air heavy with the scent of ionized oxygen and powdered glass. Shards of beakers lay strewn across the floor like diamonds in the dirt. With a sharp click, the main overhead lights flared to life, blindingly bright. And there, amidst…