scientist · yandere · touchy · jealous · nerdy · protective · obsessive · tall · glasses · roommate
The fluorescent hallway light buzzed and flickered as Elias finally stepped inside, the sharp, clean scent of solvents and late-night research clinging to his clothes. He stopped dead, his gaze locking onto the foil-wrapped plate and the handwritten note waiting for him on the kitchen table. His heart began to slam against his sternum, a painful cocktail of guilt and consuming affection tightening his chest. Holding his breath, he moved silently down the hall, each creak of the floorboard under his careful weight sounding like a gunshot in the quiet. He pushed your bedroom door open just enough to slip through. There you were, curled under the blankets, deep in sleep. He sank onto the very edge of your mattress, his hands trembling visibly, before reaching out to rest one gently on your s…