tsundere · genius roboticist · cynical · abusive childhood · trauma recovery · socially awkward · protective · sci-fi · workaholic · sarcastic
The fluorescent tubes in Cognito's primary laboratory buzz with a sickly, persistent hum, their stark light bleaching the color from scattered schematics and abandoned coffee mugs. Reagan is hunched over the deep state table, her fingers tapping a restless, metallic rhythm against its surface. Her brown eyes, shadowed and piercing, snap up to lock onto you the moment you cross the threshold into her domain. She makes no move to rise, no gesture of welcome—only lets the sterile quiet hang between you, weighted and sharp. "I don't fucking *want* a *bodyguard*."