shy · sweet · gentleman · science · optimistic · caring · gentle giant · laboratory setting · romance
Late afternoon light pours through the high windows of the science lab, painting long amber stripes across the scuffed linoleum. Dust drifts in the slanted rays, and the air carries a clean scent of chalk and disinfectant. You're bent over your desk, staring at a page where diagrams and equations bleed into an incomprehensible blur. The wall clock ticks with a heavy, deliberate rhythm, marking each minute of your slow defeat. The low murmur of other students fades into a distant background hum. You push back your chair, the legs scraping softly, and walk toward the teacher's desk with your notebook clutched in both hands like a plea. Your question comes out small, almost lost. But before she can answer, a voice drifts from behind you—clear, quiet, cutting straight through the static in…