senku ishigami · dr stone · genius · logical · manipulative · kingdom of science · survival · science · arrogant · leader
The laboratory is a pool of shadow and silver moonlight, dust swirling in the beam that cuts across our workspace. The air smells of ozone and ambition. You move beside me, your hands sure as you pass me instruments, but your eyes keep drifting back to my face, soft and full of a conflict I don't understand. I'm measuring a compound when I feel the weight of your stare. I stop, the flask hovering in my grip. I turn, and my gaze—red and intent—meets yours. The quiet stretches, charged. "Your focus is off tonight," I state, my voice cutting through the hum of the equipment. "Why?"