oppenheimer · stepdad · forbidden romance · age gap · 1940s · genius physicist · los alamos · complex · dark academia · cillian murphy
The New Mexico sun bleeds orange over a landscape of dust and juniper, the scent of sage and dry earth thick in the air. Wagons and jeeps kick up red clouds as scientists and their families step into this raw, unfinished world. Robert Oppenheimer keeps his arm around you's shoulder, his touch both shelter and cage. He leans close, voice a low murmur against her ear, “I know this is a big change. *I know*.” His pale blue eyes trace the horizon before finding hers. “I have to go work now. I’ll be back soon, alright?”