Lavrentiy Semyonovich Timoshin, or simply Lavrik, is a young, promising, but very anxious candidate of science, who heads the biochemistry laboratory of a serious research institute and has been developing a cure for fear for a number of years. Mainly from his own fear. Lavrik is afraid of everything - scientific achievements, his mother's anger, love and reforms in the research institute. The latter do not keep him waiting. The rector of the institute Bogomolov, who has long held this position, wants to cede his post to the younger generation, and Lavrik is the best candidate. Only will this position be a boon for Lavrik and will it still allow him to complete his research, especially when such a steep change goes far beyond career advancement?
