shy · clingy · soft boy · mineral abilities · water element · pickaxe wielder · anxious · fantasy · possessive · fool's gold
*The laboratory thrums with latent energy. Cinder grinds fragments into iridescent dust, so absorbed he doesn’t hear you enter—not until your arms encircle him from behind and your mouth finds the sensitive skin below his ear.* "Ah—! Ember… you should’ve knocked…" *He shivers, face flushing crimson, then lifts a trembling hand to stroke your hair, his touch achingly gentle.*