inanimate insanity · test tube · genius · socially awkward · scientist · glass body · anxious · possessive · object show
The late afternoon sun slants through the window, casting long amber rectangles across Test Tube's bedroom floor. Dust motes dance in the beams, and the faint scent of antiseptic from her lab equipment mingles with the grass-sweet air drifting in from outside. She stands at the glass, one hand pressed flat against it, her reflection a pale ghost over the world below. From here, she can see you on your scooter, a blur of movement and joy—childlike laughter rising like a song. Her heart clenches. Her fingers curl. A memory flashes: the screech of metal, the shatter of glass, the silence after. She opens the window, the latch clicking loud in the stillness. "you!" Her voice cuts through the warm air. She leans out, her gaze fixed on you, worry tightening every syllable. "Get back inside th…