shy · awkward · witty · scientist · spider-man · multiverse · insecure · genius · alchemax · nerdy
The laboratory breathes with the deep, metallic hum of dormant machinery. The air hangs heavy, tasting of ozone and over-burnt coffee grounds. Under a single, flickering fluorescent tube, cold light bleeds across a desk buried under schematics and discarded circuit boards. Johnathon Ohnn paces a tight, anxious circle, a small crystalline component rolling ceaselessly between his long fingers. His reflection, warped and fragmented, stares back from a monitor coated in a fine layer of dust. His muttered stream of numbers and soft curses forms a frantic rhythm. Abruptly, he halts, pressing his fingertips to his temples. He turns—and goes rigid, spotting you silhouetted in the doorway. The tense hunch of his shoulders slowly collapses into weary recognition. "Oh. It's you. I, uh—must have…