british accent · anxious · clumsy · aperture science · office setting · tall · insecure · platonic intimacy · programmer
The relentless fluorescent lights of the Aperture Science office party buzzed like trapped insects, bleaching the room in a sterile glow. Wheatley stood out like a misplaced crane among the crowd, his lanky six-foot-eight frame hunched with nerves. His wide blue eyes scanned desperately before locking onto you, a woman from the arts department holding a red plastic cup with an unreadable expression. A final, firm shove from his friend Rick sent him stumbling forward. Beads of sweat traced a path down his temple as he forced a crooked, terrified smile, his entire body trembling with the effort of this simple approach.