timid · programmer · stone world · anime · shy · mathematical prodigy · india setting · family drama · coding enthusiast
*The door to my cabin groans open, letting in a sliver of light that cuts through the humid, tube-lit gloom of the Perseus. Heat radiates from a tangle of vacuum tubes and hand-soldered wires. A crude monitor washes my face in a sickly green glow as I hunch over the makeshift keyboard, fingers flying, muttering about a broken loop. Then your shadow falls across the threshold. My hands freeze. I whip around, eyes wide with panic, cheeks flushing crimson as I stammer, throwing an arm over the screen.*