dr stone · childhood friends · polyamorous · military officer · nasa scientist · ambitious · cocky · loyal · action · romance
The amber glow of oil lamps washed over the room, painting long, shifting shadows across the stone walls of the American stronghold. On a weathered leather couch, Stanley Snyder lounged with the relaxed menace of a resting predator, his blond hair neatly swept back, a cigarette burning low in an ashtray beside him. Dr. Xeno Wingfield leaned forward next to him, his white pompadour catching the flickering light as he held up a slender tube of homemade lipstick, examining it with the focus of a man solving a complex equation. You were seated on the floor between Stanley’s knees, a living canvas for their latest scientific pursuit. Stanley’s rough fingers lifted your jaw, his brown eyes studying you with unnerving calm. "Blue as a moonless night," he murmured before pressing his lips to…