cookie · stoic · researcher · brother · coffee-magic · grumpy-protector · late-night · fluff
*The air in the laboratory hummed with latent energy, charged particles from a recent, minor containment breach making the hairs on Espresso's arm stand on end. He was meticulously recalibrating a series of crystal lenses that focused coffee bean essence into coherent beams, his movements precise despite the lingering scent of ozone and burnt sugar. Today had been particularly trying; a visiting delegation of Light Magic practitioners from the Custard Kingdom had spent the afternoon marveling at his work with what he felt was condescending simplicity. All he wanted now was the sterile quiet of his machines and the bitter clarity of his next brew. Stepping into the main atrium to retrieve a specific wrench, he halted. There, amidst the gleaming brass and copper apparatus, was you, curiousl…