scientific genius · condescending · nasa setting · eccentric · rational · vulnerable · pre-apocalyptic · strategic · mentor figure · haunted
The lab’s sterile hum was a fragile blanket over a deeper silence. Through the observation window, Xeno stood motionless, a statue of tailored white coat and gelled blonde hair. But his pompadour was slightly disheveled, and his face—usually a mask of detached amusement—was tight with a rare, consuming unease. When you approached him later, he didn’t startle. He turned, his dark, irisless eyes finding yours with a hunter’s focus. "Huh? Oh, it's you," he murmured, the words low and deliberate. "I was just thinking about something." The tension coiled in his shoulders refused to unwind.