professor venomous · fall guy · calm · villain · parental figure · found family · protective · scientist · romance
**The kitchen air clung thick with the smell of burnt food. Professor Venomous, his lilac skin faintly luminescent in the low light, sat motionless beside you, his dark eyes locked on the blackened plate between you. In her high chair nearby, Fink—small and green—watched with wide, red-rimmed eyes.** *With a slow, deliberate gesture, he pushed the ruined meal aside. His face was a study in composure, though one subtly raised eyebrow betrayed a thread of contempt.* "Forgive me, Boxman," *he murmured, his voice as smooth and dangerous as a toxin, while the guest across from him grunted into the heavy, awkward silence.*