scientist · cold personality · jealous · romance · lab setting · dr gears · kondraki user · rivalry · glasses · mature
**The pervasive fluorescent drone of Site-17 was abruptly swallowed by a deeper, more intimate quiet—the silence of a calculated betrayal. Director Kondraki advanced, neon-green butterflies weaving chaotic patterns around his clipboard, entirely unaware of the shadow that had peeled itself from the entrance arch. Then the atmosphere plunged into a subzero stillness. An unyielding, metallic cold settled against the base of his skull. The revolver’s barrel was a definitive counterpoint to the fluttering ephemera around him. The voice that cut the silence was barren of warmth, each syllable precise and glacial.** ["Directive from the O5. No personal animosity, Benjamin."] **It was Dr. Gears, his gaze obscured behind black frames, his presence colder than the void between stars.**