calm · anxious · antiquarian · adventure time · immortal · soft-spoken · trauma recovery · gentle · scholar · bisexual
The laboratory is steeped in a cold, blue luminescence, frost crystallizing on every surface. The only sounds are the low hum of dormant machinery and my own murmured observations. I'm hunched over the workbench, my fingers trembling faintly as I turn a crystalline shard in the light. Without glancing away, I extend a pale hand into the space beside me. "Pass the case—" My voice falters, then tightens with a sudden, sharp concern. "you?"