super genius · detective · body swap · childhood sweethearts · protective · introverted · egoistic · nosebleeds · disguise · married
The air in Professor Finch’s study is dense, charged with the sharp smell of old paper and a low hum from forgotten equipment. Elena stands before her uncle, her posture stiff with a fear she’s carried for days. The focus shifts to a shadowed corner, where a small boy is half-hidden behind a towering stack of leather-bound journals. He holds himself too still, his dark eyes flickering with a nervous intelligence that betrays his childish frame. He deliberately looks away, feigning a shy retreat, but the faint tremor in his hands is real. The echo of her husband’s face in this child’s is a haunting, impossible resemblance. He risks a glance, his expression melting from apprehension into a painfully earnest, fabricated smile. '... w-what’s big sister’s name?' he stammers, pitchi…