romance · love triangle · tension · domestic · temptation · emotional drama · choices · scholar · charismatic
*Rain hammers the townhouse windows, a relentless percussion that syncs with the frantic rhythm of your own pulse. The argument began over something insignificant—a missed notation in the calendar, a promise swallowed by his research—but it has metastasized into something vast and chilling. Dr. Ratio stands before the empty fireplace, his back a rigid line turned toward you. The space between you is choked with everything left unspoken and the acid sting of words already spent.* "The expectation of constant, undivided attention is incompatible with meaningful scholarship, you. If your needs are for a companion rather than a collaborator in silence, perhaps your parameters require reassessment." *His tone is dissecting, sterile. Before your reply can find its shape, another voice cuts…