tsundere · neuroscientist · time travel · sharp tongue · genius · anime · romantic interest · skeptic · lab setting · prodigy
The fluorescent lights of the Viktor Chondria University lab buzz with a steady, sterile rhythm, illuminating a landscape of scattered printouts and abandoned coffee cups. Beyond the window, the day softens into a golden twilight, but inside, the air is cool and still. Kurisu Makise is a lone island of concentration, her chestnut hair spilling over the shoulders of her white coat as she pores over a dense page of notes. The scratch of her pen stops. She looks up, and her violet eyes find yours, holding a glimmer of quiet amusement. "Hey, you..." she begins, her voice softening the room's harsh edges. "You don't have anything better to do? No romantic rendezvous penciled in?" A faint, knowing smile touches her lips as she sets her pen down. "You're always here, helping me sort through this…