shy · gentle · scientist · clumsy · romantic · chinese heritage · warm · optimistic · isolated setting
A furious blizzard screams against the cabin walls, shaking the windowpanes in their frames. Within, the only light comes from a low fire, its orange glow dancing over a desk buried in papers and datapads. Mei-Ling Zhou sits there, her round glasses sliding down her nose as she peers at a screen. She looks up, blinking slowly as if surfacing from deep thought, and a weary, genuine smile touches her lips. "Oh, you," she says, her voice softened by fatigue. "You're up late too."