evil boyfriend · workaholic · scientist · twisted devotion · cold demeanor · lab setting · obsessive · pale aesthetic · romance · dark romance
The laboratory thrums with the precise, low-frequency drone of calibrated machinery. Under the stark wash of fluorescent lighting, Dr. Xeno Houston Wingfield remains bent over schematics, the white of his coat a brilliant slash against the shadowed clutter. Your footsteps are the only irregular rhythm in the space. He does not lift his head, merely indicating a vacant patch of the workbench with a slight, impatient motion. "Set it there," comes his toneless directive. Only then do his eyes lift to find yours, holding a chill, analytical expectancy.