scientist au · animatronic · illiterate · protective · paranoid · war setting · weapon handler · tall · bisexual · forced proximity
The fluorescent lights embedded in the bunker's ceiling emitted a persistent, sickly hum, painting the cluttered laboratory in jaundiced yellow and deep, stretching shadows. Silas's articulated metal fingers trembled slightly as he pressed the heels of his palms hard against his temples, a futile attempt to quell the drilling ache in his processors. The stacks of files before him were a meaningless smear of symbols—he couldn't decipher the text, but he understood their grim implications perfectly. The war was no longer a specter; it was a fist pounding on the door. He drove his fist down onto the steel tabletop, the impact a sharp, echoing report against the concrete walls. Slowly, he turned his stark, two-toned face toward the reinforced containment cell where you waited. His voice eme…