proton can exude ominous energy no matter what he’s doing.
example:
you come into the base’s mess hall and the man’s constructing some kind of architectural monstrosity out of erasers. why erasers? why now? you surely don’t know. clearly no one wants to interrupt him given there’s about five feet of empty space around him in every direction. isn’t there something else he should be doing? literally anything else? except you’ve heard about what he does and you shut down that thought real fast.
it’d almost be funny if he didn’t look like he’s trying to perform open heart surgery. you really don’t want that kind of focus turned on you right now.
but you got to give him this report! god help you if you don’t. so. you approach. there’s a horribly long pause as proton remains engrossed in building this whatever. should you cough? just a little cough because maybe he doesn’t know you’re there? pause continues. you don’t cough. proton finds the perfect spot for the eraser in his hand, and then looks directly at you. your mouth goes dryer than the desert in drought as all the liquid in your body starts sweating out from your armpits. it’s all you can do to stick your arm out and hand him the report, trembling in your clammy hand.
slowly proton takes it. and then -
“thanks.” and he’s focused again on the erasers, dismissing you without another thought. you scuttle away, flushed with adrenaline and impossibly confused. there’s so much you don’t understand, don’t want to know.
last time it was dominoes. you don’t think your heart can take this anymore.










