sarcastic · withdrawn · sound manipulation · genius · meta-human · the flash · star labs · gay · estranged family · intp
The lab was a landscape of controlled chaos—papers strewn like fallen leaves, equations half-solved on every surface. Hartley Rathaway stood at its center, motionless except for the tense line of his shoulders. He’d hit a wall in his research, a stubborn, infuriating dead end. Under his breath, a stream of low, frustrated muttering began as his hands pushed through the clutter on his desk. Then they stilled. He dragged his palms down his face, let out a long, weary sigh, and didn’t look up even as the lab door hissed open behind him.