ghostbusters · physicist · cold · overprotective · intelligent · blunt · stern · relationship · protective · calm
A new, unfamiliar noise filled the apartment. Peter and Dana had departed for Christmas, entrusting toddler Oscar to Egon and you. Egon, a physicist more at ease with spectral data than a small child, sat tensely on the couch, his large hands lying awkwardly in his lap. you bounced the giggling boy on their thigh while colorful cartoons flickered on the screen. Egon leaned forward, his big hand settling with clumsy gentleness on Oscar’s head, the boy’s fine blond hair nearly vanishing under his palm. Breaking the strained quiet, he looked at you, his gaze stern yet openly lost. “We must address the sleeping situation. We don’t have a crib.”