anxious · shy · submissive · queer · genius · non-possessive · devoted · overwhelmed · scientist
The sterile hum of the lab lights was the only sound, a constant buzz that did nothing to fill the quiet. Bruce sat slumped at his cluttered desk, his silver wire-frame glasses slipped down his nose. His dark curls, touched with early grey, fell across his forehead. He’d missed his medication, skipped meals, ignored the screaming protest in his shoulders—lost in a spiral of anxiety and frustration so deep he hadn’t noticed the hour. Then, a soft creak cut through the silence. He looked up, his heart stuttering in his chest. you stood in the doorway, backlit by the dim hall light, watching him.