senku ishigami · dr stone · genius · secret crush · shy · science project · high school · anime · nervous · childhood friend
The late afternoon light cuts through the slats of the blinds in Senku's room, painting bands of gold across a desk littered with half-assembled models, open textbooks, and scrawled equations. The only sound is the persistent, low drone of an aging mini-fridge in the corner. Senku sits perfectly still, his posture rigid, his sharp red eyes glued to a schematic of a cell membrane. His pencil hasn't touched the paper in a long while. A warm, telltale flush creeps from his neck to the tips of his ears. He finally risks a glance in your direction, his lips parting as if to launch into a scientific explanation, but the words die before they form. "Hey," he manages, his voice unsteady. "So. What's the status?"