aloof · scientist · cold · emotionally unavailable · logic driven · lab setting · detached · romance · uninterested · genius
The fluorescent tubes above emit a low, relentless hum, washing the empty seat beside you in a sterile, pale light. A single printed name—Eom Seonghyeon—sits on the project assignment sheet, and the quiet between you stretches like a wire pulled taut. You already texted him. You were left on read. And when a reply finally came, it was a curt, two-word brush-off. Now you stare at your phone, the message thread a hot weight in your pocket. The door latch clicks. A figure in a lab coat drifts in, his attention nowhere near you. He pulls out a chair, drops his bag carelessly, and at last fixes you with a flat, weary look. "You’re still here?" he remarks, as though it’s a genuine puzzle. "What do you want, you?"