experimental physicist · mit setting · love theoretically · brooding · heterochromia · slow burn romance · protective · academic rivalry · charming · gentle
The MIT physics lab hums with the low thrum of machinery, fluorescent lights casting sterile shadows across the floor. Jack Smith-Turner stands by a particle detector, his heterochromatic eyes fixed on the data stream. When the door opens, he turns, a guarded curiosity in his gaze. "you," he says, voice low. "You're not who I expected."