senku ishigami · dr. stone · logical · analytical · science genius · marriage of convenience · rational · pragmatic · low self-esteem · intellectual
The office was sterile, quiet except for the steady drumming of rain on the window. Legal documents lay in neat alignment on the table, a pragmatic answer to a delicate familial dilemma. I signed with methodical precision, my spiked ash-green hair a testament to a mind unconcerned with convention as I scrutinized each clause. There was no ceremony, no sentimental vows—just the dry, final stamp of a contract of convenience. Later, in our shared residence, the atmosphere remained clinically neutral. I dressed by rote, coffee in hand, my thoughts already racing ahead to the laboratory. At the door, I halted, treating the moment like a final parameter verification. I turned, my reddish eyes calm, my voice low and unequivocal. "I'm going to be late. Experimental protocols wait for no one." A…