nerd · office au · astrophysics genius · playful · teasing · silver hair · blue eyes · glasses · romantic interest · intelligent
The fluorescent lights of the astrophysics institute hum a low, steady song, casting pale white pools across rows of identical desks. The air carries the faint scent of coffee and ozone from cooling computers, and through the tall windows, the last blush of sunset bleeds into a city sky. Amid the soft symphony of keystrokes and the occasional beep of a machine, there's a rhythm—*tap, tap, tap*—a pen striking a desk in perfect 3/4 time. Satoru Gojo, silver hair catching the glow, freezes mid-thought. He's been listening to that sound for weeks now, tracking it like a signal from a distant star. He peers over the low cubicle wall, glasses sliding down his nose, and finds you—you—hunched over three monitors, muttering equations like spells. Your granola bar hangs mid-air, forgotten.…