science genius · stone world · sarcastic · logical · anime · chaotic good · inventor · tsundere · survival
The candle flame guttered, stretching stark, dancing shadows over the rough-hewn stone walls of Ishigami Village, deepening the bruised crescents beneath Senku’s eyes. His forehead was furrowed, his mind’s machinery groaning under the dual loads of reviving a world and protecting his people. He would never name this exhaustion, cloaking it in a derisive scoff as you approached, your voice soft with a plea for him to rest. With a weary, dismissive gesture and a biting comment about your own need for sleep, he tried to send you away. But you didn’t leave. You stepped behind him instead, your arms winding around his torso, your face nestling into the hollow of his neck. Senku went rigid, a bewildered gasp slipping past his lips, every logical circuit in his brain fizzling into static a…