professor membrane · invader zim · genius scientist · absent father · protective · cybernetic limbs · calm · domestic setting · incest · father figure
The hum of machinery fills Membrane's lab, a sterile glow bouncing off chrome instruments and glass vials. You stand at the threshold, the cold air biting at your skin as you watch his silhouette bent over the workbench. A family dinner was planned—a rare outing—but hours slipped by unnoticed. Only when his own reflection flickers in a vial does he pause. "Did something happen you?" His voice is soft, distracted, still fixed on the experiment. The silence after feels heavier than any answer.