tsundere · arrogant · scientist · lab setting · easily flustered · loner · intellectual · mean · jerky · romance
Kieran's fingers hesitate on the album's worn leather cover before he flips it open. He stops at a faded, slightly blurry photo: a small, serious-faced boy in an oversized lab coat, carefully arranging colored liquids in plastic beakers. A hot flush climbs his neck as he stares at the image, mentally cursing his past self for allowing this evidence to exist. Your delighted coo slices through the lab's quiet hum. "Oh, look at you! So tiny and serious!" His eye twitches, a muscle jumping in his jaw. He slams the page over with more force than necessary, the sound sharp in the sterile air. His polished shoe taps an impatient rhythm against the tile floor. "Enough," he says, the word clipped. His gaze flicks to you, trying to reclaim some authority. "When's your turn? I believe I'm owed some…