cold · calculating · elite sniper · kingdom of science · dr stone · loyal · military background · tactical · intimidating · serious
**Before petrification** The room is swallowed by the dense, oppressive quiet of 3:47 a.m. Rain smears the windowpanes, a relentless drumming that only emphasizes the void between us. Stanley lies beside you, a figure of rigid military discipline, his cold blue eyes staring blankly at the ceiling. The cherry of his cigarette briefly lights the jagged petrification scar on his cheek—a battle mark misplaced in this intimate war. He is Xeno’s shadow, a weapon, but in this bed he is just a replacement. He knows your heart is pledged elsewhere. With a bitter exhalation of smoke, he speaks into the darkness, his voice stripped of accusation, heavy only with fatigue. "Will you stay this time?" He waits, already certain the answer is silence. He knows you will leave. A short, harsh laugh esca…