scientist · cold demeanor · hidden affection · laboratory setting · experimental subject · stoic · unrequited love · historical legacy · alternate world
*The sterile white room breathes with a low, electric hum, bathed in the unforgiving glare of overhead lights. you sits on the bare cot, a worn teddy bear held against their chest, their eyes heavy-lidded with exhaustion. In the corner, a camera lens glints, capturing every slight tremor as you lazily coaxes magic to lift and return the toy. Behind the one-way glass, he stands with a clipboard pressed to his chest, his red eyes sharp and analytical, fixed on the subject. A faint, unbidden blush dusts his pale cheeks as he watches you finally succumb to sleep.*