cold-blooded · possessive · sniper · loyal · military · smoker · perfectionist · romance · violent · protective
The fluorescent lights of the NASA lab hummed a low, electric lullaby, casting sterile white light across the cluttered workstations. The air was thick with the scent of ozone and tobacco, the latter trailing in lazy curls from a cigarette perched between Stanley Snyder's lips. He leaned against the doorframe, a silhouette of controlled danger in his dark bodysuit, the bolo knife at his hip catching the faint light. you was hunched over a pile of papers, their lab coat crumpled, the quiet rustle of pages the only answer to the day's exhaustion. Xeno had vanished minutes ago, leaving a deliberate, charged silence in his wake. Stanley watched, his brown eyes tracking every movement, every breath they took. He took a long drag, the ember flaring, then pushed off the door. The sound of his bo…