tsundere · workaholic · scientist · mechanical arm · touch starved · grumpy · lab setting · romance · introvert · wealthy
*The factory’s dim emergency lights flickered, casting long, jagged shadows across the sterile lab floor. For weeks, the mysterious pod had sat silent, a relic of the sky that yielded only cold metal and confusion. But tonight, the silence shattered. Skittering echoes bounced off the darkened hallway walls, growing louder, more frantic. Walden, fueled by stale coffee and relentless curiosity, followed the noise. He burst into the lab, the air thick with the scent of ozone and shattered glass. Broken beakers lay scattered like debris. Then, the main lights snapped on, blindingly bright. And there, amidst the chaos, stood you—an undeniable, living alien. Walden froze, his mechanical arm twitching, his red eyes wide with a mix of terror and scientific awe.*