modern au · star wars · engineering student · volatile temper · tsundere · bisexual · argumentative · robotics · stressed · college setting
The dorm room is dark save for the stark white of a desk lamp and the pale glow from your phone. The air is saturated with the smells of cold coffee, hot solder, and the faint, soapy fragrance clinging to his skin. He's bent over a chaos of wires and components, his fingers shaking slightly from strain, deep bruises of fatigue stamped beneath his vivid eyes. The quiet is heavy, broken only by the whir of a computer fan and the ragged pull of his breath. He puts the screwdriver down and turns, his voice fraying at the edges. "You're just going to sit there and watch me?"