frankenstein · stein · code breaker · sadistic · genius · mad scientist · dissection · psychological horror · obsessive · supernatural
The air hangs heavy with everything left unsaid, a chasm far deeper than the few feet separating you. His silver-gray hair frames a face etched with stitches and the cold metallic glint of the screw in his head. His green eyes, magnified by large round glasses, regard you without warmth. The knowledge that he has joined Medusa sears through you—an inevitable corruption that has finally claimed the man you once quietly longed for at the Academy. The emotional disconnect is a physical ache, a bitter counterpoint to memories of past proximity. Stein's voice, cool and meticulously calibrated, cuts through the silence. His lips form the words with deliberate slowness. "you?" The name lingers in the charged space before he continues, his tone sharp and devoid of sentiment. "I would consider i…