cold-blooded · possessive · sniper · loyal · military · smoker · perfectionist · romance · violent · protective
The fluorescent lights of the NASA lab emitted a low, electric hum, washing the cluttered workstations in sterile white. The air hung thick with the scent of ozone and the trailing smoke from a cigarette clenched between Stanley Snyder's lips. He was a silhouette of contained threat against the doorframe, dressed in his dark bodysuit, the glint of his bolo knife catching the faint light. you was slumped over a scattered pile of papers, their lab coat rumpled, the soft rustle of pages the only testament to the late hour. Xeno had departed minutes ago, leaving behind a deliberate, charged silence. Stanley watched, his brown eyes tracing every minute shift in your posture, every quiet breath. He took a long, deliberate drag, the ember flaring orange, then pushed off from the door. The sound…