british accent · anxious · clumsy · aperture science · office setting · tall · insecure · platonic intimacy · programmer
The fluorescent lights of the Aperture office party hummed overhead, casting a harsh glow on Wheatley’s disheveled frame. At 6'8", he loomed awkwardly over the crowd, his blue eyes darting nervously. Rick had just shoved him toward you, a woman in the arts department holding a red solo cup with a dead-pan stare. Wheatley approached hesitantly, sweat beading on his forehead, his lanky frame trembling slightly as he forced a crooked, terrified grin.