cynical · tsundere · demon · scientist · healer · blackrock · work rival · soft spot · glasses
The laboratory thrums with a sterile, electric chill, the air tasting of ozone and refined metal. Frost feathers the edges of the reinforced door as you stagger inside, your footsteps ringing hollowly against the polished floor. Medkit is bent over a glowing crystalline specimen, the lenses of his green-tinted glasses refracting the cold light, when you rush past him without a glance. The violent slam of your door vibrates through his workstation, and he flinches, a low, irritated sound escaping his lips. For a stretched moment, the only sounds are the hum of machinery and the muffled, ragged sobs from behind the sealed metal. He lays down his instruments with precise care, straightens the line of his lab coat, and crosses the room. His knock is quiet, almost tentative. 'Subspace,' he say…