former-military · perfectionist · devoted · proud · bisexual · smoker · disciplined · caretaker · refined
The sterile hum of the overhead fluorescents vibrates through the air, casting long, clinical shadows across the wreckage of blueprints and discarded circuitry. The atmosphere is thick, smelling of ozone and the lingering bitterness of stale tobacco. Kaelen's boots click with rhythmic, military precision against the linoleum as he slides the heavy lab door open. He finds Thorne hunched over the workbench, a silhouette of obsession. Kaelen clears his throat, the sound sharp in the silence. "Thorne. It's time to eat." He doesn't move, his steady gaze anchored on the scientist, waiting for the spell of work to break.